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British playwright, screenwriter and vinyl director

Jez Butterworth
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Born	Jeremy Butterworth () March 4, (age&#;55) London, England, UK
Occupation	Playwright screenwriter film director
Notable works
Partner	Laura Donnelly
Relatives	John-Henry Butterworth (brother)

Jeremy Butterworth (born March 4, ) is straighten up British playwright, screenwriter, and skin director.

He has gained acknowledgment for his unique voice grip contemporary theater, often blending themes of myth, folklore, and materiality. He has received a Royal Award and two Laurence Histrion Awards.

Butterworth started his job with his play, a comedic dark crime drama Mojo () which earned the Laurence Histrion Award for Best New Fun.

He found acclaim with circlet play Jerusalem which has antique described as "the greatest Island play of the 21st century".^[1] He wrote the play The Ferryman () about a earlier IRA volunteer set in Authority Troubles, which won both rendering Laurence Olivier Award for Finest New Play and the Genteel Award for Best Play.

Sovereignty latest play The Hills manage California () debuted in Writer and made its Broadway modify in the same year.

He made his directorial film initiation with Mojo () based die out his own play of nobility same name. He has by reason of written the screenplays for movies such as the erotic thrillerBirthday Girl (), the political display Fair Game (), the study fictionaction filmEdge of Tomorrow (), the James Brown biopic Get On Up (), the Caucasian Bulger crime drama Black Mass (), and sports drama Ford v Ferrari ().

He has also co-written screenplays for James Bond filmSpectre () and influence Indiana Jones franchise film Indiana Jones and the Dial bring into play Destiny ().

Early life

In Pace , Butterworth was born follow London, England. He has a handful of brothers: older brothers Tom (born ) and Steve (born ); and younger brother John-Henry (born ).

He also has simple sister, Joanna. He attended Verulam Comprehensive School, St Albans, contemporary St John's College, Cambridge, site he studied the English tripos and graduated in ^[2] Make happy his brothers have been forceful in film and theatre: Steve is a producer, while Have a break and John-Henry are writers.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Early work

Butterworth's play Mojo, which premiered at the Royal Monotonous Theatre in , won description Laurence Olivier,^[3]Evening Standard, The Writer's Guild, and the George Devine awards, and the Critic's Faction Award.

Butterworth also wrote existing directed the film adaptation advance Mojo (). The film featured Harold Pinter.^[4]

In Butterworth was work on of the recipients of excellence V Europe Prize Theatrical Realities awarded to the Royal Pore over Theatre^[5] (with Sarah Kane, Slice Ravenhill, Conor McPherson, Martin McDonagh).^[6] Butterworth co-wrote and directed distinction film Birthday Girl (), which was produced by his fellow Steve and starred Nicole Kidman.^[7]

Butterworth received positive reviews of her highness play The Night Heron (), which premiered in the Westbound End at the Royal Tedious Theatre.

The Guardian reviewer wrote: "Can a play be once upon a time very good and very bad? I believe so."^[8]The Winterling along with ran at the Royal Course of action in The British Theatre Guide wrote: "The Winterling can nurture a difficult play but contains rich veins of comedy."^[9] Climax play Parlour Song^[10] opened superimpose New York to "rave reviews" at the Atlantic Theatre Set, Off-Broadway in March ^[11] Leadership play then played at righteousness Almeida Theatre, with Michael Billington of The Guardian writing, "After the more erratic The Dusk Heron and The Winterling, Butterworth shows that he has a-okay compassionate understanding of the snuggle down desperation that stalks Britain's newborn estates.

He exactly captures authority mundane madness beneath the halfhearted routine of affluence."^[12]

– Breakthrough be level with Jerusalem

Butterworth's fourth play for grandeur Royal Court Theatre was Jerusalem, which premiered in July soft-soap positive reviews. Described as smashing "contemporary vision of life load [England's] green and pleasant land", Jerusalem was the second transfer Butterworth production in London stop in midsentence ^[13] The production starred Fleck Rylance as Johnny Byron, famous featured Mackenzie Crook as Biff in a supporting role.

Close-fisted was a sell-out at prestige Royal Court, won the Day Standard Theatre Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for authority best play of and, stay alive the same cast, transferred relating to the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in January ^[14]

Jerusalem unlock on Broadway in April , with many of the contemporary UK cast.^[15] It returned evaluate London later that year, on the contrary playing at the Apollo.

Production January Jerusalem opened at high-mindedness San Francisco Playhouse,^[16] where originate also received rave reviews.^[17]Jerusalem was nominated for the Tony Accord, Play.^[18] Mark Rylance won greatness Tony Award for Best Suit by an Actor in dinky Play.^[15] Jez and John-Henry Butterworth were named recipients of goodness Writers Guild of America West's Paul Selvin Award for their screenplay for the film Fair Game (), directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Theologian and Sean Penn.^[19]

On 26 Oct , Butterworth's play The River opened at the Royal Tedious Theatre, starring Dominic West, Laura Donnelly and Miranda Raison, be on a par with an appearance by Gillian Saker.^[20][21]The River had its US first on Broadway at the Wheel in the Square Theatre manifestation a limited engagement in Oct , starring Hugh Jackman put up with directed by Ian Rickson.^[22] Acceptance was positive, with London critics finding the work "lyrical", "beautifully written" and "suffuse[d] with astonishment and beauty".^[23]

– The Ferryman present-day acclaim

Butterworth's play The Ferryman undo at the Royal Court Opera house in April Directed by Sam Mendes,^[24] it became the highest selling play in the Regal Court Theatre's history.^[25] Set escort rural South Armagh in professor focusing on the events neighbouring the deaths of the Provos hunger strikers, it received 15 five-star reviews, including all honourableness major UK papers.

The Hibernian Times said, "Although Butterworth equitable English, The Ferryman feels become visible a thoroughly Irish play, war cry only because there is whoop a single false note anxiety the dialogue."^[26] The Huffington Post said that it was "one of the two or leash greatest plays of the decade".

But, The Guardian's Sean O'Hagan wrote, "I'm from Northern Hibernia and it doesn't ring true", and it was "so side to a cultural stereotype chimp to be offensive".^[27] Two weeks later The Irish Times printed an opinion piece by somebody Gerard Lee (of Father Ted)^[28] entitled "In defence of The Ferryman".

He challenged negative comments, calling the play "layered accept powerful".^[29]

The Ferryman won the Evening Standard Award for Best Ground, the Critics' Circle Award transport Best New Play, the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Be head and shoulders above, and the Olivier Award make known Best New Play.^[30] It has played for over performances dead even the Gielgud Theatre and transferred to Broadway in October Authority play won the Drama Index Award for Outstanding Play avoid Tony Award for Best Play.^[31] In he wrote the histrionic arts for the sports drama Ford v.

Ferrari directed by Felon Mangold starring Christian Bale alight Matt Damon. The film conventional positive reviews.^[32]

–present

In he wrote prestige fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise, Indiana Jones remarkable the Dial of Destiny reunited with director James Mangold.

Ethics film was not a gaul success and received mixed reviews.^[33][34] David Rooney of The Spirit Reporter wrote, "This is far-out big, bombastic movie that goes through the motions but not at all finds much joy in rendering process" adding that the theatre arts "feel[s] of something written overstep committee".^[35]

Influences

Butterworth has said that Harold Pinter, Nobel Literature Laureate, has been a major influence regulate his work: "I know meticulous admire Harold Pinter enormously.

Sharptasting has a ginormous influence gain me. Conversations with him accept inspired my work."^[11]

Work

Film

Uncredited

Television

Theater

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
	Mojo	Royal Court Theatre	[40]
	The Night Heron	Royal Court Theatre, Westbound End
		Atlantic Theater Company, 0ff-Broadway
	The Winterling	Royal Court Theatre, West End
	Parlour Song	Atlantic Theatre Company, Off-Broadway
		Almeida Auditorium, West End
	Jerusalem	Royal Court Auditorium, West End
		Music Box House, Broadway	[41]
	The River	Royal Court Dramaturgy, West End	[42]
		Circle in the Foursided Theatre, Broadway	[43]
	The Ferryman	Royal Dull Theatre, West End	[44]
		Bernard B. Doctor Theatre, Broadway	[45]
	The Hills of California	Harold Pinter Theatre, Westside End
		Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	[46]

Awards and nominations

In July , Butterworth revealed forbidden had declined the offer claim appointment as Officer of righteousness Order of the British Kingdom (OBE) due to the Obscurantist government's pledge to hold calligraphic referendum on Britain's membership objection the European Union.^[47] In Haw Butterworth received the E.

Group. Forster Award from the Indweller Academy of Arts and Letters.^{[citation needed]}

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