Bill Butt

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Bill Butt is a British filmmaker, artist/designer, television director, writer and producer. Butt produced the Eyewitness television series for its first season and has directed music videos and designed album covers.

History

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Butt was lighting engineer for Echo & the Bunnymen, a Liverpool band managed by Bill Drummond. In 1981 Butt filmed the band's "Shine So Hard" performance,[1] and in 1982 he was chosen to direct the videos for the Bunnymen's album Porcupine.[2]

Butt worked with Drummond again, filming "The Manager" (released on CD in 1987),[3] and with Drummond's band The KLF, being credited as the director of their films, Waiting and the unfinished road movie The White Room.[4]

Butt produced the Eyewitness television series for its first season.

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