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George Butler
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 78
GenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn12/10/1943Born inChester, England, UKDied21/10/2021 (aged 78)Died inHoldernessWikidataQ3101452 ↗TMDb#42081 ↗

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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Filmography6 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2006Roving MarsMovieNarrator (voice)63
2002The HamptonsSeriesSelf59
2002Iron and BeyondMovieSelf - Director59
2002Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'MovieSelf - Director59
1987BiographySeriesGeorge Butler44
1939Q PlanesMovieAir Marshal Gosport—