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Jonathan Butterell is an English choreographer, stage director, and film director. He has worked in the West End, on Broadway, and Off-Broadway. Biography. Butterell grew up in "a tough part of Sheffield, England", and was an actor and dancer. Matthew Bourne invited him to dance class and also asked for his help in movement.
Sep 1, 2021 · Jonathan Butterell is a Sheffield-born director and choreographer who adapted the stage musical about a teenage drag queen for the big screen. He talks about his inspiration, his cast, his love for his hometown and his vision for the film.
Jonathan Butterell is known for Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021), Stay (2005) and Finding Neverland (2004).
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Sep 17, 2021 · Around seven years ago, Jonathan Butterell had a “serendipitous” moment when watching television – and that incredible chance encounter gave birth to the new film Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Sep 14, 2021 · For director Jonathan Butterell, who also directed the stage production, it was “exhilarating” to explore every facet of Jamie by creating a world for him beyond the stage. “In cinema, you show the audience everything—the whole vista, the whole world, so it just gave me an opportunity for my imagination to fly,” Butterell says.
Sep 14, 2021 · Jonathan Butterell talks about adapting the stage show "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" to the big screen, working with Richard E. Grant and the importance of LGBTQ stories. The film follows a teenager who dreams of becoming a drag queen in a blue-collar English town.
Nov 5, 2017 · Jonathan Butterell, the theatre director, had by chance caught a BBC Three documentary called Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, chronicling a teenage boy’s ambition to go to his school prom in a dress.
