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Chris Butler

Chris Butler

Writer · Born January 1, 1974 · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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Biography

Chris Butler (born 12 February 1974) is an English animator, writer and director known for his works at Laika, such as ParaNorman and Missing Link, which were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He studied animation at the University for the Creative Arts in South England and is an alumnus of Hugh Baird College in Merseyside. On 1 May 2024, it was confirmed that Butler would write the screenplay for the upcoming live-action Masters of the Universe film, which is due for release on 5 June 2026. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Butler (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Wrote 7

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. 2025

    ParaNorman: The Thrifting

    Writer

  3. 2022

    The Heritage

    Writer

Art department 4

2020s

  1. 2022

    The Jungle Book

    Production Design

Directed 2

Acted in 1

2010s

  1. 2018

Visual effects 1

Other crew 1

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass

    Self