Joshua Butler is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing the 2001 film ''

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'' and multiple episodes of many hit series including ''

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''. He is the founder of Iceblink Films, a movie production company based in the greater Los Angeles area.

Biography

Joshua Butler graduated from

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's Film School having written and directed the award-winning short ''Will Work for Food'' (1995). By 2003 he had directed three series for the

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and Syfy, along with four feature-length films: ''Beer Money'' (2001) written by ''

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''; ''

'' (2001) produced by

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(won 12 awards including Best Family Movie at the Young Artist Awards) and was featured on The CW Network in December 2012; '' Saint Sinner'' (2002) written and produced by Clive Barker (nominated for an International Horror Guild Award); and ''

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'' (2003) which was directed and executively produced by Joshua Butler in association with his former production company Kinetic Pictures. Butler was also an executive producer on

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's first original film ''

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'' (2002) and the

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hit ''

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'' (2009), including two sequels. In 2008, Joshua wrote and directed ''Vlog'' (2008), a feature film for

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, the producers of the ''

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'' movie series. After its premiere at the Hollywood Film Festival, ''Vlog'' (2008) went on to play at 21 film festivals and was released by

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on Halloween of 2011. Since 2011, Butler has directed multiple episodes of the hit series on The CW Network ''

'' (2009), '' The Secret Circle'' (2011), ''Ringer'' (2011), and ''

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'' (2010). He also directed '' Twisted'', ''Ravenswood'' and ''

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'' for the

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. He directed five episodes of Kevin Williamson's

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series ''

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'' (2013), starring

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; '' The Originals'' (2013) for The CW Network; ''Reckless'' (2014) for

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and ''

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'' (2014) for

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. His recent work includes directing a music video for

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titled "Bullet" and the series ''

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'' (2014) for

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and the El Rey network. In 2015, Butler directed his 11th episode of ''

'',

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thriller ''State of Affairs'', starring

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and is writing and directing a feature film.

Awards

For ''

'', Butler received a

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nomination for Best Director.

Filmography

Director

* ''Will Work For Food'' (1995, Short Feature) * '' Good vs Evil'' (2000, 2 episodes) * ''The Invisible Man'' (2000, 4 episodes) * '' The Huntress'' (2001, 1 episode) * ''Beer Money'' (2001, TV Feature) * ''

'' (2001, Feature) * '' Saint Sinner'' (2002, TV Feature) * '' Deathlands: Homeward Bound'' (2003, TV Feature) * ''Vlog (TV series)'' (2008, 18 episodes) * ''Vlog'' (2008, Feature) * ''

'' (2010–present, 9 episodes) * '' The Secret Circle'' (2012, 2 episodes) * ''Ringer'' (2012, 1 episode) * ''

'' (2012, 1 episode) * '' Twisted'' (2013, 1 episode) * '' The Originals'' (2013, 1 episode) * ''

'' (2013 - 2014, 5 episodes) * '' Ravenswood'' (2014, 1 episode) * ''

'' (2014, 1 episode) * ''

'' (2014, 1 episode) * ''Reckless'' (2014, 1 episode) * ''Bullet'' (2014, Music Video) * ''State of Affairs'' (2014, 1 episode) * ''

'' (2014, 1 episode) * '' The Magicians'' (2016-2017, 3 episodes) * ''Shadowhunters'' (2017, 1 episode)

Producer

* ''

'' (2002, TV Feature) * '' Deathlands: Homeward Bound'' (2003, TV Feature) * ''

'' (2009, TV Feature) * '' My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2'' (2010, TV Feature) * '' My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3'' (2012, TV Feature)

Screenwriter

* ''Will Work for Food'' (1995, Short Feature) * ''Vlog (TV series)'' (2008, 18 episodes) * ''Vlog'' (2008, Feature)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Joshua Film directors from California Film producers from California American television directors American television writers Television producers from California Living people Year of birth missing (living people)