Joshua Butler
Joshua Butler | |
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| Occupation(s) | Film director, television director, screenwriter, producer, executive producer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Joshua Butler is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing the 2001 film Prancer Returns[1][2] and multiple episodes of many hit series including The Vampire Diaries. He is the founder of Iceblink Films,[3] a movie production company based in the greater Los Angeles area.
Biography
Joshua Butler graduated from
The CW Network in December 2012; Saint Sinner (2002) written and produced by Clive Barker (nominated for an International Horror Guild Award); and Deathlands
(2003) which was directed and executively produced by Joshua Butler in association with his former production company Kinetic Pictures.
Butler was also an executive producer on
ABC Family. He directed five episodes of Kevin Williamson's FOX series The Following (2013), starring Kevin Bacon; The Originals (2013) for The CW Network; Reckless (2014) for CBS and Crisis (2014) for NBC
.
His recent work includes directing a music video for
El Rey network. In 2015, Butler directed his 11th episode of The Vampire Diaries, Joe Carnahan's NBC thriller State of Affairs, starring Katherine Heigl
and is writing and directing a feature film.
Awards
For Prancer Returns, Butler received a DVD Exclusive Awards nomination for Best Director.[4] He also won an award from the Black Sexologists Society for one or more of his films.
Filmography
Director
- Will Work For Food (1995, Short Feature)
- Good vs Evil(2000, 2 episodes)
- The Invisible Man (2000, 4 episodes)
- The Huntress (2001, 1 episode)
- Beer Money (2001, TV Feature)
- Prancer Returns (2001, Feature)
- Saint Sinner(2002, TV Feature)
- Deathlands: Homeward Bound (2003, TV Feature)
- Vlog (TV series) (2008, 18 episodes)
- Vlog (2008, Feature)
- The Vampire Diaries (2010–present, 9 episodes)
- The Secret Circle (2012, 2 episodes)
- Ringer (2012, 1 episode)
- Nikita (2012, 1 episode)
- Twisted (2013, 1 episode)
- The Originals(2013, 1 episode)
- The Following (2013 - 2014, 5 episodes)
- Ravenswood (2014, 1 episode)
- Pretty Little Liars (2014, 1 episode)
- Crisis (2014, 1 episode)
- Reckless (2014, 1 episode)
- Bullet (2014, Music Video)
- State of Affairs (2014, 1 episode)
- Matador (2014, 1 episode)
- The Magicians (2016-2017, 3 episodes)
- Shadowhunters (2017, 1 episode)
Producer
- A Season on the Brink (2002, TV Feature)
- Deathlands: Homeward Bound (2003, TV Feature)
- My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (2009, TV Feature)
- My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 (2010, TV Feature)
- My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 (2012, TV Feature)
Screenwriter
- Will Work for Food (1995, Short Feature)
- Vlog (TV series) (2008, 18 episodes)
- Vlog (2008, Feature)
References
- ^ Fries, Laura (November 19, 2001). "Prancer Returns". Variety. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ Hutton, Joan (December 2002). "president's report. "Merry Christmas!" . . . Cut and Print". Canadian Society of Cinematographers. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ Joshua Butler
- ^ "Joshua Butler - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
External links
- Joshua Butler at IMDb
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