Trivia

Educated at Iowa Wesleyan and the University of Iowa.

Both his daughters worked on his film, Deceiver (1997).

Not to be mistaken for A Clockwork Orange (and many other films) editor Bill Butler.

Contributed with camera work on three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Deliverance (1972), The Godfather (1972) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), with the latter two being winners in the category.

At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Oscar nominee.

Butler spent the first five years of his life living in a log cabin on a homestead in Colorado, where his parents were farmers. He moved with his parents to Henry County when he was 5 years old and raised in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, a small college town.

According to his obit in the Hollywood reporter, Butler "never attended film school, learning his craft by going to the movies and by referring to the ASC manual whenever he couldn't figure anything out.".

Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

Bill also has three daughters from his marriage to Alma Smith; Judy Rawson, Patricia Pekau, and Pam Fraser.

On April 28, 2013, the Charleston International Film Festival presented Butler with the festival's inaugural lifetime achievement award.

Father of Genevieve Butler and Chelsea Butler.

Held a degree in engineering from the University of Iowa.