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

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1952The Crimson PirateRobert SiodmakSecond assistant editorUncredited
1962The LionJack CardiffAssistant editorUncredited
1981St. HelensErnest PintoffAdditional editor
1985HellholeEditorial consultant
1993A Far Off PlaceMikael SalomonAdditional editor
2006Love and DebateJessica Kavana DornbuschAdditional editor

YearFilmDirectorRole
1963The Mind BendersBasil DeardenSound editor
1963Bitter HarvestPeter Graham ScottSound editor
1964MozambiqueRobert LynnSound editor
1965Return from the AshesJ. Lee ThompsonSound editor
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumRichard LesterSound editor

;Direct-to-video films
YearFilmDirectorNotes
1990Fatal CharmFritz KierschUncredited

;Documentaries
YearFilmDirector
1966Goal!: The World Cup

;Shorts
YearFilmDirector
1989Leonardo's DreamDouglas Trumbull
1990The Magic BalloonRonald Neame
2003The AuraArmen Ohannesian
2004Fish BurglarsGideon Brower
2005StratagemMichael Rainin
2006ChloeJeff Bergman
2010L.A. HarmonyTodd Bendera
Waiting for Woody AllenMichael Rainin

;TV movies
YearFilmDirector
1974Great ExpectationsJoseph Hardy
1986Club MedBob Giraldi
1994Secret Sins of the FatherBeau Bridges
1996Gang in Blue
1997Not in This TownDonald Wrye
1998The HuntedStuart Cooper
1998ChameleonStuart Cooper

YearFilmDirectorRole
1974Fer-de-LanceRuss MayberryEditorial supervisor
1981St. HelensErnest PintoffAdditional editor

YearFilmDirectorRole
1966The Legend of Young Dick Turpin: Part 1James NeilsonSound editor

;TV series
YearTitleNotes
1954Fussball Wellmeisterschaft
1967−68Man in a Suitcase10 episodes
1982−83St. Elsewhere7 episodes
1995Deadly Games1 episode

YearTitleRoleNotes
1966Walt Disney's Wonderful World of ColorSound editor1 episode

;TV shorts
YearFilmDirector
1975The People's LawyerR. Durrell Robinson
1976Child AbuseR. Durrell Robinson
1976Friday Night BurnR. Durrell Robinson