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Biography
George Tyssen Butler was a British-American filmmaker and photographer, and a pioneer of the theatrical documentary. Some of his most popular films include Pumping Iron (1977), which introduced a wider audience to Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Endurance films, retelling Sir Ernest Shackleton's saga of Antarctic survival, and Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004), about his friend John Kerry's leadership in the peace movement.
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Filmography7 titles
In The Blood
1989Director, Writer
1989Director, Writer
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
2004Director
2004Director
Roving Mars
2006as Narrator (voice)
2006as Narrator (voice)
Pumping Iron
1977Director, Producer, Writer
1977Director, Producer, Writer
The Endurance
2000Director
2000Director
Biography
1987as George Butler
1987as George Butler
Clouds Over Europe
1939as Air Marshal Gosport
1939as Air Marshal Gosport