Michael Butler (cameraman)

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Michael Butler also Michael C. Butler (born May 7, 1945 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film cameraman who oversaw over a dozen film productions in the 1970s and 1980s, including films such as Duel am Missouri , The White Hai 2 , Telefon , The boiled rascal is on the move again or All hell has broken loose on the highway .

life and career

Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1945, Butler is the son of Oscar winner and film technician Lawrence W. Butler . Michael Butler began his career as a camera operator in 1971 in the cinema production with Beau Bridges The Christian Licorice Store , directed by James Frawley . He did his first independent camerawork in 1973 for Don Siegel's thriller The Great Coup with Walter Matthau . This was followed in the 1970s as a cameraman for productions such as the comedy film Harry and Tonto for director Paul Mazursky , 33 degrees in the shade for Thomas McGuane or Arthur Penn's Western Duel on the Missouri with Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando , and another Don Siegel thriller Phone in the cast Charles Bronson and Lee Remick . Then director Jeannot Szwarc hired him for Jaws 2 , the sequel to Steven Spielberg's blockbuster . In the late 1970s, he photographed Peter Fonda’s romantic comedy Wanda Nevada . In the 1980s he continued his work as a cameraman for films such as Rob Cohen's Among Good Friends . For the director Hal Needham he then shot three films in a row, the Smokey and the Bandit sequel The boiled rascal is on the move again , the box office hit On the Highway, all hell is going on, also with Burt Reynolds in the lead role and the Science fiction film Megaforce with Barry Bostwick . The film Easy Flyer followed for the director Gus Trikonis , after which Butler largely withdrew from the film scene. In 1998 he briefly supported his camera colleague Allen Baker in John Shea's directorial work on the independent film drama Southie with Donnie Wahlberg , after which Michael Butler finally retired.

His brother David Butler also worked as a cameraman.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Butler In: American Cinematographer, Volume 74. ASC Holding Corporation, 1993, page xxi
personal data
SURNAME Butler, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butler, Michael C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , USA