Jez Butterworth

Jeremy “Jez” Butterworth is an English dramatist and film director. Butterworth has had major success with his play Mojo that premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 1995. It won the Laurence Olivier, an Evening Standard and the George Devine awards. Butterworth wrote and directed the film adaptation of Mojo, released in 1997. This featured Harold Pinter. He directed and co-wrote with his brother Tom the film Birthday Girl (2001), which was produced by his brother Steve and starred Nicole Kidman. Jeremy and John-Henry Butterworth were named recipients of the Writers Guild of America West's 2011 Paul Selvin Award for their screenplay for the film Fair Game (2010), directed by Doug Liman and which starred Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. In May 2011, Butterworth's play Jerusalem was nominated for Tony Award.

Works

MobLand

Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.

Release Date: 2025-03-30

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 42

Snow White

Following the benevolent King's disappearance, the Evil Queen dominated the once fair land with a cruel streak. Princess Snow White flees the castle when the Queen, in her jealousy over Snow White's inner beauty, tries to kill her. Deep into the dark woods, she stumbles upon seven magical dwarves and a young bandit named Jonathan. Together, they strive to survive the Queen's relentless pursuit and aspire to take back the kingdom in the process.

Release Date: 2025-03-19

Department: Crew

Job: Additional Writing

Vote Count: 561

The Agency: Central Intelligence

Covert CIA agent Martian is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind unexpectedly reappears, their romance reignites, pitting his career, his real identity and his mission against his heart while hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.

Release Date: 2024-12-01

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 113

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

An in-depth look at an incredible moment in film history when Steven Spielberg and George Lucas assembled an amazing creative team to collaborate on another cinematic benchmark featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with Spielberg, Lucas, Harrison Ford, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, James Mangold, and many others as well.

Release Date: 2023-12-01

Character: Self

Vote Count: 22

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Release Date: 2023-06-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3624

Mammals

The story of Jamie, a Michelin-starred chef whose world implodes when he discovers shocking secrets about his pregnant wife, Amandine. Jamie finds himself hunting for answers with the help of his brother-in-law Jeff. Through this hunt, the cracks in Jeff’s marriage to Jamie’s sister Lue also widen.

Release Date: 2022-11-11

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 23

Flag Day

A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.

Release Date: 2021-08-20

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 155

Ford v Ferrari

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

Release Date: 2019-11-13

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 8243

Britannia

An epic drama set in 43AD as the Roman Imperial Army – determined and terrified in equal measure - returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia - a mysterious land ruled by warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the powerful forces of the underworld. Or so they say.

Release Date: 2018-01-18

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 206

Spectre

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Release Date: 2015-10-26

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 10682

Black Mass

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

Release Date: 2015-09-17

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 3401

Get on Up

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Release Date: 2014-08-01

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 530

Edge of Tomorrow

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

Release Date: 2014-05-27

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 14142

Huge

A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.

Release Date: 2010-06-18

Department: Writing

Job: Theatre Play

Vote Count: 7

Fair Game

A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life.

Release Date: 2010-05-20

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 794

Digital Theatre: Parlour Song

Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on the edge of the English countryside. He loves his job. Barbeques. Car boot sales. His life is entirely unremarkable. So why has he not slept a wink in six months? Why is he so terrified of his wife? Parlour Song is a satirical exploration of deceit, paranoia and desire in leafy surburbia.

Release Date: 2009-11-18

Department: Writing

Job: Book

The Last Legion

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.

Release Date: 2007-04-19

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 805

Birthday Girl

John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced to Nadia. John's fondness for Nadia grows... until the sudden arrival of Nadia's gregarious cousins makes John realize that he's in over his head.

Release Date: 2001-09-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 406

Mojo

The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder.

Release Date: 1997-09-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 4

Out Of My Head

A teenager who's fed up with his uneventful life of social isolation decides to try drugs to get some excitement. He sets out to learn about their effects.

Release Date: 1995-07-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1

The Silence

It's the night of the Super Bowl and Jim and his wife Tessa are flying from Paris to their home in Newark, New Jersey when their plane crash-lands. Meanwhile, in their Manhattan apartment, married couple Diane and Max are waiting for Jim and Tessa to arrive to their Super Bowl party. Martin Dekker, one of Diane's former physics students, is the only guest who has arrived. Suddenly, the world's technology systems go dark.

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Blood Runs Coal

In late 1960s Pennsylvania, a coal miner's lawyer son seeks justice for his father after a corrupt union leader has him killed.

Department: Writing

Job: Writer