Writer

Hugo Butler

1914 – 1968
Active years (films on this site)
1945–1951
Genres
DramaWesternFilm-NoirThriller
Schools and movements
British CinemaClassical HollywoodFrench Poetic Realism and Classical Cinema

Directors worked with

Jean Renoir1 filmJoseph Losey1 film

Biography

Hugo Dansey Butler was a Canadian-American screenwriter. He was a victim of the Hollywood blacklist during the 1950s, and subsequently worked in Mexico and Europe under a variety of pseudonyms, notably in collaboration with directors Luis Buñuel, Joseph Losey and Robert Aldrich. He had previously been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Edison the Man (1940).

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2 films on this site

  1. The Southerner 1945 · Jean Renoir · IMDb 7.1 · Writer
  2. The Prowler 1951 · Joseph Losey · IMDb 7.1 · Writer