Peter Butt

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Peter Butt
Born December 1, 1955 (1955-12-01) (age 52)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Peter Butt (born 1954) is an Australian, film producer, director, writer. He produces documentaries for television about 20th century global and Australian history.

His films include[1]:

  • No Such a Place
  • My Father, My Country (1988)
  • The Liners (1996-7)
  • Lies, Spies & Olympics (1999)
  • The Battleships (1999)
  • Fortress Australia (2001)
  • Silent Storm (2003) [2]
  • The Airships (2004)

Butt has often produced his works in conjunction with Film Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and SBS.

Fortress Australia — about Australia's alleged attempts to acquire nuclear weapons — was subject to a complaint to the ABC's Independent Complaints Review Panel. The complaint was rejected although the panel did find that the documentary was not balanced.[3]

Butt's latest film, 'The Prime Minister is Missing', investigates the disappearance of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt and presents new documentary evidence missed by investigators.

Contents

[edit] Movies

[edit] No Such a Place

No Such a Place (1981) was Butt's first work as a young director. No Such a Place chronicled the rise and fall of the Glen Davis shale-mining town and was selected to screen with Peter Weir’s Gallipoli in more than 60 cinemas around the country.

[edit] My Father, My Country

My Father, My Country (1983) was Butt's second film and was for Film Australia, National Geographic and the BBC. The film followed a woman’s epic trek through 2000 km of Papua New Guinea retracing her father’s 1938 patrol, which made first contact with isolated tribes.

[edit] The Liners

The Liners (in association with Rob McAuley Productions) was a 199697 four-part series on the ABC, Channel 4 in the UK and the Learning Channel in the US. The high-rating series, charted the influence of the ocean liner on world history, received directing and editing nominations in the 1998 AFI Awards.

[edit] Lies, Spies and Olympics

Lies, Spies and Olympics (1999) explored the impact Cold War and local politics had on the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games. Butt (in association with Rob McAuley Productions) directed, wrote and edited for Film Australia.

[edit] The Battleships

The Battleships (1999) (in association with Rob McAuley Productions) A four-part history series produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation directed and written by Butt.

[edit] Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?

Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? (2006) Butt produced and directed Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?, a documentary espousing a new theory on the Bogle-Chandler case. It was the ABC's most watched documentary ever[4]: which won him an Australian Logie.

[edit] References

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  1. ^ Minibiography in press release for Silent Storm; Word document
  2. ^ Silent Storm at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ Independent Complaints Review Panel Decision: Documentary Film, Fortress Australia
  4. ^ Media Room: Who Killed Bogle and Chandler?; Word document