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John Butler

Director

Director/Writer

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2017
Production (role):
PAPI CHULO
Company:
Treasure Entertainment
Project details:
Writer/Director

Premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2018

London Film Festival 2018
Date: 2015
Production (role):
HANDSOME DEVIL
Company:
Treasure Entertainment
Project details:
Writer/director. Starring Andrew Scott

Closing Gala Dublin International Film Festival 2017

Premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2016
Date: 2013
Production (role):
THE STAG
Company:
Treasure Entertainment / Irish Film Board
Project details:
Director/Co-Written with Peter MacDonald

Starring Andrew Scott and Peter McDonald

Premiered Toronto International Film Festival 2013

Premiered London Film Festival 2013 and released by Arrow

Premiered Tribeca Film Festival 2014 and released by Tribeca

Nominated Irish Film & Television Awards:
Best Film
Best Director
Irish Film Board Rising Star
Best Actor – Andrew Scott
Best Suppoting Actor – Peter McDonald
Best Supporting Actress – Amy Huberman
TELEVISION
Production (role):
THE OUTLAWS (Series III)
Company:
Big Talk/ BBC One
Project details:
Episode 1 and 2

Nominated for Best Returning Comedy-Drama Series at C21 Drama Awards
Date: 2021
Production (role):
THE OUTLAWS (Series II)
Company:
Big Talk
Project details:
Writer/ Director Episode 5
Director Episodes 1 & 2

2022 Rose d’Or Awards - Nominated Best Comedy Drama & Sitcom
2023 RTS West Awards - Winner Best Director
Date: 2021
Production (role):
THE OUTLAWS (Series I)
Company:
Big Talk
Project details:
Writer/Director Episode 4
Director Episode 3,4 & 5

2022 Nominated Best Comedy Series Edinburgh TV Awards 2022
2022 Nominated for Best Comedy-Drama Series - C21 Drama Awards
Date: 2012
Production (role):
IMMATURITY FOR CHARITY
Project details:
Sketches to raise money for St Francis Hospice, Dublin

Starring Brendon and Domnall Gleeson
Date: 2010
Production (role):
YOUR BAD SELF
Company:
Treasure Entertainment / RTE
Project details:
Director/Co-Writer Sketch show

Starring Domnhall Gleeson and Peter McDonald

Irish Film & Television Awards - Winner Best Entertainment
SHORT FILM
Date: 2009
Production (role):
THE BALLAD OF KID KANTURK
Company:
Wildfire Films
Project details:
Winner at Salento and San Francisco Film Festival
Date: 2008
Production (role):
SPACEMAN THREE
Project details:
Writer/Director

Starring Peter McDonald
Date: 2005
Production (role):
GEORGE
Project details:
Director/Writer

Starring Hugh O’Conor
BOOKS
Date: Current
Company:
Picador
Project details:
John is writing his second novel
Date: 2011
Production (role):
THE TENDERLOIN
Company:
Picador
Project details:
Short –listed for the Irish Book Awards

“Right star for a debut dotcom tale…Debut coming of age novels are nothing new, but ones that freshen the genre are. “ The Independent

“Narrated in a snappy engaging tone, it has a keen sense of place and an eye for the comic as well as the tragic.” Irish Times

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): PAPI CHULO
    Company: Treasure Entertainment
    Project details: Writer/Director

    Premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2018

    London Film Festival 2018
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): HANDSOME DEVIL
    Company: Treasure Entertainment
    Project details: Writer/director. Starring Andrew Scott

    Closing Gala Dublin International Film Festival 2017

    Premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2016
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): THE STAG
    Company: Treasure Entertainment / Irish Film Board
    Project details: Director/Co-Written with Peter MacDonald

    Starring Andrew Scott and Peter McDonald

    Premiered Toronto International Film Festival 2013

    Premiered London Film Festival 2013 and released by Arrow

    Premiered Tribeca Film Festival 2014 and released by Tribeca

    Nominated Irish Film & Television Awards:
    Best Film
    Best Director
    Irish Film Board Rising Star
    Best Actor – Andrew Scott
    Best Suppoting Actor – Peter McDonald
    Best Supporting Actress – Amy Huberman
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date:
    Production (role): THE OUTLAWS (Series III)
    Company: Big Talk/ BBC One
    Project details: Episode 1 and 2

    Nominated for Best Returning Comedy-Drama Series at C21 Drama Awards
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): THE OUTLAWS (Series II)
    Company: Big Talk
    Project details: Writer/ Director Episode 5
    Director Episodes 1 & 2

    2022 Rose d’Or Awards - Nominated Best Comedy Drama & Sitcom
    2023 RTS West Awards - Winner Best Director
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): THE OUTLAWS (Series I)
    Company: Big Talk
    Project details: Writer/Director Episode 4
    Director Episode 3,4 & 5

    2022 Nominated Best Comedy Series Edinburgh TV Awards 2022
    2022 Nominated for Best Comedy-Drama Series - C21 Drama Awards
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): IMMATURITY FOR CHARITY
    Company:
    Project details: Sketches to raise money for St Francis Hospice, Dublin

    Starring Brendon and Domnall Gleeson
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): YOUR BAD SELF
    Company: Treasure Entertainment / RTE
    Project details: Director/Co-Writer Sketch show

    Starring Domnhall Gleeson and Peter McDonald

    Irish Film & Television Awards - Winner Best Entertainment
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): THE BALLAD OF KID KANTURK
    Company: Wildfire Films
    Project details: Winner at Salento and San Francisco Film Festival
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): SPACEMAN THREE
    Company:
    Project details: Writer/Director

    Starring Peter McDonald
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): GEORGE
    Company:
    Project details: Director/Writer

    Starring Hugh O’Conor
  • Date
    Publication (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: Current
    Production (role):
    Company: Picador
    Project details: John is writing his second novel
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): THE TENDERLOIN
    Company: Picador
    Project details: Short –listed for the Irish Book Awards

    “Right star for a debut dotcom tale…Debut coming of age novels are nothing new, but ones that freshen the genre are. “ The Independent

    “Narrated in a snappy engaging tone, it has a keen sense of place and an eye for the comic as well as the tragic.” Irish Times
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