John Butler (born 4 July 1972) is an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''Di ...
,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
, and
novelist
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.
in 2011, Picador published his novel "The Tenderloin". His TV work includes
sketch show
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...
''
Your Bad Self
''Your Bad Self'' is an Irish sketch comedy show which was originally broadcast on RTÉ Two on 26 December 2008 at 21:40 before being developed into a series which was shown in 2010.
History
''Your Bad Self'' stars Domhnall Gleeson as well as M ...
'' (which won an IFTA for best entertainment show), and writing and directing on "The Outlaws" (starring Stephen Merchant and Christopher Walken) for BBC / Amazon. His feature films are ''
The Stag'', ''
Handsome Devil''.
and Papi Chulo. Other writing has appeared in The Irish Times, the Dublin Review and elsewhere.
Life and career
Butler was born in
Dublin, Ireland
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. He attended
Blackrock College
Blackrock College ( ga, Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a voluntary secondary school, voluntary day school, day and boarding school, boarding Catholicism, Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, Dublin, Bl ...
, an all-boys Catholic school in Dublin. He then went to
University College Dublin
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...
, obtaining a bachelor's degree in English Greek and Roman, and a master's degree in Film Studies.
Butler is
gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
.
He is a supporter of
Liverpool FC
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.
Filmography
Films
As director
Television
As director
References
External links
*
Irish film directors
Irish male screenwriters
People educated at Blackrock College
21st-century Irish male writers
Irish male novelists
Irish gay writers
Living people
1972 births
Gay screenwriters
Gay novelists
Irish LGBT novelists
Irish LGBT screenwriters
Alumni of University College Dublin
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