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Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Miscellaneous Crew

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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). See more trivia »

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Wilmer C. Butler
in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
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Hide HideCinematographer (86 titles)
2014 Mars (pre-production)
 
2013 The Boys at the Bar (post-production)
 
2009 Evil Angel
 
2008 The Chauffeur
 
2008 Looking Up Dresses (short)
 
2007 Redline (director of photography)
 
2006 The Plague (video)
 
2006 Funny Money
 
2006 Zombie Prom (short)
 
2005 Berserker (short)
 
2002 Joe and Max (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
2001 Frailty (director of photography)
 
2000 Hendrix (TV movie)
 
2000 Ropewalk
 
1999 Good vs Evil (TV series)
– Orange Volvo (1999)
 
1999 Passing Glory (TV movie)
 
1997 Don King: Only in America (TV movie)
 
1997 Deceiver (director of photography)
 
1997 Anaconda
 
1996 Dark Skies (TV series)
– The Awakening (1996)
 
1996 Flipper (director of photography)
 
1995 A Walton Wedding (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1993 Beethoven's 2nd (director of photography)
 
1993 Cop and ½
 
1993 Sniper (director of photography)
 
1991 Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)
 
1991 Hot Shots!
 
1990 Graffiti Bridge
 
1989 When We Were Young (TV movie)
 
1988 Child's Play (director of photography)
 
1988 Wildfire
 
1988 Biloxi Blues (director of photography)
 
1987 Bates Motel (TV movie)
 
1986 Big Trouble
 
1985 Rocky IV (director of photography)
 
1985 Beer (director of photography)
 
1984 A Streetcar Named Desire (TV movie)
 
1983 The Thorn Birds (TV mini-series)
– Part 4 (1983)
– Part 3 (1983)
– Part 2 (1983)
– Part 1 (1983)
 
1983 The Sting II (director of photography)
 
1982 The Secret of NIMH
 
1982 Rocky III (director of photography)
 
1981 Killing at Hell's Gate (TV movie)
 
1981 Stripes (director of photography)
 
1981 The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (director of photography)
 
1981 Death Ray 2000 (TV movie)
 
1980 It's My Turn (director of photography)
 
1980 Can't Stop the Music
 
1979 Rocky II
 
1978 Ice Castles (director of photography)
 
1978 Uncle Joe Shannon
 
1978 Grease (director of photography)
 
1978 Damien: Omen II (director of photography)
 
1977 Capricorn One (director of photography)
 
1977 Mary White (TV movie)
 
1977 Demon Seed (director of photography)
 
1976 Raid on Entebbe (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1976 Alex & the Gypsy
 
1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
 
1976 Lipstick (director of photography)
 
1975 Fear on Trial (TV movie)
 
1975 Jaws (director of photography)
 
1975 The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (as Wilmer C. Butler)
 
1975 The Big Rip-Off (TV movie)
 
1975 Hustling (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1975 Target Risk (TV movie)
 
1974 The Conversation (director of photography - uncredited)
 
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1974 Indict and Convict (TV movie)
 
1973 I Heard the Owl Call My Name (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1973 Sunshine (TV movie)
 
1973 Deliver Us from Evil (TV movie)
 
1973 Running Wild
 
1973 Savage (TV movie)
 
1972 Circle of Fear (TV series)
– Alter-Ego (1972) (director of photography)
– The Summer House (1972) (director of photography)
– At the Cradle Foot (1972) (director of photography)
– The Concrete Captain (1972) (director of photography)
– The Dead We Leave Behind (1972) (director of photography)
 
1972 Hickey & Boggs (as Wilmer Butler)
 
1972 Deathmaster (as Wilmer C. Butler)
 
1972 Melinda (director of photography / as Wilmer C. Butler)
 
1972 Something Evil (TV movie)
 
1971 The Return of Count Yorga (director of photography)
 
1971 Drive, He Said (director of photography)
 
1970 The Bold Ones: The Senator (TV series)
– A Clear and Present Danger (1970)
 
1970 Adam's Woman
 
1969 The Rain People (as Wilmer Butler)
 
1967 Fearless Frank
 
1965 The People vs. Paul Crump (TV documentary)
 
1965 The Bold Men (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (9 titles)
2008 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards (TV movie) (camera utility)
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary) (lighting consultant)
 
1996/II Mother (director of photography: San Francisco)
 
1986 Legal Eagles (additional photographer)
 
1986 Star Trek (TV series) (assistant camera - 1 episode)
– The Cage (1986) (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (additional photography)
 
1972 Deliverance (photography: second unit)
 
1972 The Godfather (director of photography: second unit - uncredited)
 
1959 1001 Arabian Nights (camera operator)
 
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1980 Xanadu (technical assistance in skating sequences)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1967 Good Times (consultant on musical sequences)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1995 The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary) (special thanks: AFI)
 
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
2010 Jaws: The Inside Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Shark Is Still Working (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Cinematographer Style (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jaws (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Making of 'Frailty' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Frailty (2002) … Himself
 
1995 The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV documentary)
Himself - Co-Host
 

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Alternate Names:

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Trivia:

Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). See more »

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