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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 .
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 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.
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Jonathan Butterell, a director and choreographer, joins the cast of See What I Wanna See, a musical triptych of stories by Michael John LaChiusa, after a 22-year break from acting. He talks about his roles as The Janitor and The Priest, the themes of truth and lies, and working with director Adam Lenson.
