Bill Butt is a British filmmaker, artist/designer, television director, writer and producer. Butt produced the ''

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'' television series during the 1990s and has directed music videos and designed album covers.

History

Butt was lighting engineer for Echo & the Bunnymen, a

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band managed by

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. In 1981 Butt filmed the band's " Shine So Hard" performance, and in 1982 he was chosen to direct the videos for the Bunnymen's album ''

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. Butt worked with Drummond again, filming " The Manager" (released on CD in 1987), and with Drummond's band

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, being credited as the director of their films, ''Waiting'' and the unfinished road movie ''The White Room''. Butt produced the ''

'' television series during the 1990s.

External links

Bill Butt Filmography
at the

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Bill Butt at Discogs.com
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