George Butler

1943–2021 · BritishAmerican filmmaker

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.

George Butler, in order

1. 1977 Pumping Iron: directed, wrote, produced · critics 92%, audiences 84% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
2. 1985 Pumping Iron II: The Women: directed, wrote, produced
3. 2000 The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition: directed, produced · critics 95%, audiences 89% · streaming on Kanopy, Tubi
4. 2001 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (short film): directed
5. 2004 Going Upriver: directed
6. 2006 Roving Mars: directed, produced