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George Butler

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BritishAmerican filmmaker

United KingdomArtistsLived 1943 to 2021 · aged 78
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George Tyssen Butler was a British-American filmmaker and photographer, and a pioneer of the theatrical documentary.

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George Tyssen Butler was a British-American filmmaker and photographer, and a pioneer of the theatrical documentary. Some of his most popular films include Pumping Iron (1977), which introduced a wider audience to Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Endurance films, retelling Sir Ernest Shackleton's saga of Antarctic survival, and Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004), about his friend John Kerry's leadership in the peace movement.

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United Kingdom
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1943 to 2021 · aged 78
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