George Butler

BritishAmerican filmmaker

0.63body-of-work score · ranked #1265 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born: 1943 · Chester
Died: October 21, 2021 · Holderness
Nationality: United Kingdom
Work: photographer, screenwriter, film director, film producer
Reference: Wikipedia · Wikidata

photo taken by flickr user Esthr · CC BY-SA 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

1
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
2000 · United Kingdom · documentary
Sarris's annual top 10 2001 #2
0.321 citation
2
Going Upriver
2004 · United States · documentary
Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #7
0.171 citation
3
Pumping Iron
1977 · United States · documentary
Siskel's annual top 10 1977 #9
0.151 citation

Complete filmography

All 6 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

1977Pumping Iron
1985Pumping Iron II: The Women
2000The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
2001Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
2004Going Upriver
2006Roving Mars