Biography
Jeremy Butterworth (born March 4, 1969) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He has gained recognition for his unique voice in contemporary theatre, often blending myth, folklore, and realism themes. He has received a Tony Award and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Butterworth started his career with his play, a comedic dark crime drama, Mojo (1995), which earned the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. He found acclaim with his play Jerusalem, which has been described ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Snow White
2025
Additional Writing
Following the benevolent King's disappearance, the Evil Queen dominated the once fair land with a cruel streak. Princess Snow White flees the castle w...

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
2023
as Self
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 a...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
Writer
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 tentacle...

Flag Day
2021
Screenplay
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.

Ford v Ferrari
2019
Screenplay
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and th...

Spectre
2015
Screenplay
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 servic...

Black Mass
2015
Screenplay
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 F...

Get on Up
2014
Screenplay, Executive Producer
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Edge of Tomorrow
2014
Screenplay
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 min...

Huge
2010
Theatre Play
A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.

Fair Game
2010
Screenplay, Producer
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 ris...

Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
2009
Writer
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 entir...

The Last Legion
2007
Screenplay
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.

Birthday Girl
2001
Director, Writer
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 Russia...

Mojo
1997
Director, Screenplay, Theatre Play
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 ...

Out Of My Head
1995
Writer
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 eff...
The Silence
N/A
Writer
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. Me...
Blood Runs Coal
N/A
Writer
In late 1960s Pennsylvania, a coal miner's lawyer son seeks justice for his father after a corrupt union leader has him killed.

The Beatles: Paul
N/A
Writer
One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...

The Beatles: John
N/A
Writer
One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...

The Beatles: George
N/A
Writer
One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...

The Beatles: Ringo
N/A
Writer
One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...