{"id":50176,"date":"2026-07-13T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jez-butterworth"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:28:01","slug":"jez-butterworth","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jez-butterworth","title":{"rendered":"Jez Butterworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Butterworth\u00a0(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,\u00a0folklore, and\u00a0realism themes. He has received a\u00a0Tony Award\u00a0and two\u00a0Laurence Olivier Awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Butterworth started his career with his play, a comedic dark crime drama, Mojo\u00a0(1995), which earned the\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. He found acclaim with his play\u00a0Jerusalem, which has been described as &#8220;the greatest\u00a0British play\u00a0of the 21st century&#8221;.\u00a0He wrote the play\u00a0The Ferryman\u00a0(2017) about a former\u00a0IRA\u00a0volunteer set in\u00a0The Troubles, which won the\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play\u00a0and the\u00a0Tony Award for Best Play. His latest play, The Hills of California\u00a0(2024), debuted in London and made its Broadway transfer in the same year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He made his directorial film debut with\u00a0Mojo (1997), based on his\u00a0play of the same name. He has since written the screenplays for films such as the\u00a0erotic thriller\u00a0Birthday Girl\u00a0(2001), the political drama\u00a0Fair Game\u00a0(2010), the science fiction action film\u00a0Edge of Tomorrow\u00a0(2014), the\u00a0James Brown\u00a0biopic\u00a0Get On Up\u00a0(2014), the\u00a0Whitey Bulger\u00a0crime drama\u00a0Black Mass\u00a0(2015), and sports drama\u00a0Ford v Ferrari\u00a0(2019). He has also co-written screenplays for\u00a0the James Bond\u00a0film Spectre\u00a0(2015) and the\u00a0Indiana Jones\u00a0franchise\u00a0film\u00a0Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny(2023).<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Jez Butterworth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Butterworth\u00a0(born March 4, 1969) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and film director. 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