# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-w-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:47:41.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-w-butler"
name: "Lawrence W. Butler"
slug: "lawrence-w-butler"
description: "Lawrence W. Butler was an American special effects artist, best known as the inventor of the bluescreening process. He won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and was nominated for three more in the same category."
tagline: "Special effects artist (1908–1988)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-07-30"
deathDate: "1988-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.336645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125022/"
    handle:    "nm0125022"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_W._Butler"
    title: "Lawrence W. Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "لورنس دبليو. باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لورانس دبليو. باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_W._Butler"
    title: "Lawrence W. Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_W._Butler"
    title: "Lawrence W. Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_W._Butler"
    title: "Lawrence W. Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1390055"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Lawrence W. Butler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump