Bill Butler (film editor)
Bill Butler was an English film editor. He was known for editing A Clockwork Orange, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Other notable films edited by Butler include Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, A Touch of Class and The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, all directed by Melvin Frank. He died in Sherman Oaks, California in 2017. A Clockwork Orange was listed as the 40th best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Robert Siodmak | Second assistant editor | Uncredited |
| 1962 | The Lion | Jack Cardiff | Assistant editor | Uncredited |
| 1981 | St. Helens | Ernest Pintoff | Additional editor | |
| 1985 | Hellhole | Editorial consultant | ||
| 1993 | A Far Off Place | Mikael Salomon | Additional editor | |
| 2006 | Love and Debate | Jessica Kavana Dornbusch | Additional editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1963 | The Mind Benders | Basil Dearden | Sound editor |
| 1963 | Bitter Harvest | Peter Graham Scott | Sound editor |
| 1964 | Mozambique | Robert Lynn | Sound editor |
| 1965 | Return from the Ashes | J. Lee Thompson | Sound editor |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Richard Lester | Sound editor |
;Direct-to-video films
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1990 | Fatal Charm | Fritz Kiersch | Uncredited |
;Documentaries
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1966 | Goal!: The World Cup |
;Shorts
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1989 | Leonardo's Dream | Douglas Trumbull |
| 1990 | The Magic Balloon | Ronald Neame |
| 2003 | The Aura | Armen Ohannesian |
| 2004 | Fish Burglars | Gideon Brower |
| 2005 | Stratagem | Michael Rainin |
| 2006 | Chloe | Jeff Bergman |
| 2010 | L.A. Harmony | Todd Bendera |
| Waiting for Woody Allen | Michael Rainin |
;TV movies
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1974 | Great Expectations | Joseph Hardy |
| 1986 | Club Med | Bob Giraldi |
| 1994 | Secret Sins of the Father | Beau Bridges |
| 1996 | Gang in Blue | |
| 1997 | Not in This Town | Donald Wrye |
| 1998 | The Hunted | Stuart Cooper |
| 1998 | Chameleon | Stuart Cooper |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1974 | Fer-de-Lance | Russ Mayberry | Editorial supervisor |
| 1981 | St. Helens | Ernest Pintoff | Additional editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1966 | The Legend of Young Dick Turpin: Part 1 | James Neilson | Sound editor |
;TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1954 | Fussball Wellmeisterschaft | |
| 1967−68 | Man in a Suitcase | 10 episodes |
| 1982−83 | St. Elsewhere | 7 episodes |
| 1995 | Deadly Games | 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Sound editor | 1 episode |
;TV shorts
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1975 | The People's Lawyer | R. Durrell Robinson |
| 1976 | Child Abuse | R. Durrell Robinson |
| 1976 | Friday Night Burn | R. Durrell Robinson |