Chris Butler

Person · Open Library

Works

26

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Film & TV

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Chris Butler (born 12 February 1974) is an English animator, writer and director known for his works at Laika, such as ParaNorman and Missing Link, which were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He studied animation at the University for the Creative Arts in South England and is an alumnus of Hugh Baird College in Merseyside. On 1 May 2024, it was confirmed that…

Known for

• The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass — Self2018
• 30 Nights — Dave2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1939-12-08

Active to

2025-02-20

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,543

Total plays

12,070

There appears to be more than one Chris Butler; Number 1; Chris Butler (born May 22, 1949) led the experimental new wave 1980s band The Waitresses (PolyGram). Butler grew up in the U.S. state of Ohio and majored in sociology at Kent State University. He was among a crowd of students fired on by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970. Butler first rose to notoriety as guitarist for Tin Huey, an experimental rock and New Wave band from Akron, Ohio, USA that formed in the mid/late 1970s. <a href=

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Chris

Family name

Butler

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Liverpool

Occupation

designer

Languages spoken

English language

Notable work

Coraline

Field of work

visual arts

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