Bill Butler, ‘Jaws’ Cinematographer, Dies at 101
thewrap.comwas confirmed by the American Society of Cinematographers. Along with “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” for which he received his only Academy Award nomination in 1976, and the game-changing summer movie blockbuster, he also lensed films such as “The Conversation,” “Grease,” “Child’s Play,” “Anaconda,” “Frailty” and the first three “Rocky” sequels.
Along with an Oscar nomination an BAFTA award both for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Butler won Primetime Emmys for “Raid on Entebbe” in 1977 and “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1984.
Born on April 7, 1921, in Cripple Creek, Colorado, Butler lived the first five years of his life in a log cabin. He would grow up in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and would eventually graduate from the University of Iowa with a degree in Engineering.
Butler began his career as an engineer at a radio station in Gary, Indiana before moving to Chicago. He helped design and built the very first television stations at the ABC affiliate and WGN-TV.
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