Jez Butterworth

Jez Butterworth

Born 1969
London, England, UK

Biography

Jez Butterworth was born in London in 1969 and began writing at the University of Cambridge. Butterworth's screenwriting credits include Mojo (1998), Birthday Girl (2002), The Last Legion (2007), Fair Game (2010), which won the Paul Selvin Award, and Edge of Tomorrow (2014).

Butterworth's theater work has been performed all over the world—from the West End to Broadway—winning many awards, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2007 E.M. Forster Award. His play Jerusalem (2009) won Best Foreign Play at the 2011 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards and received six Tony Award nominations, winning Best Actor for Mark Rylance's portrayal of Rooster Byron.

Universal Pictures

Screenwriter

Movies
2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2021

Flag Day

2019

Le Mans '66

2015

Black Mass

 

Spectre

2014

Edge of Tomorrow

 

Get on Up

Series
2022

Mammals

 

Episode 6 (E06)

 

Episode 5 (E05)

 

Episode 4 (E04)

  more episodes (3)
2021

Britannia

 

Episode 1 (S03E01)

2019

Britannia

 

Episode 9 (S02E09)

 

Episode 4 (S02E04)

 

Episode 2 (S02E02)

2018

Britannia

 

Episode 1 (S01E01)

Director

Movies
2001

Birthday Girl

1997

Mojo

Creator

Series
2021

Britannia

 

Episode 8 (S03E08)

 

Episode 7 (S03E07)

 

Episode 6 (S03E06)

  more episodes (5)
2019

Britannia

 

Episode 10 (S02E10)

 

Episode 9 (S02E09)

 

Episode 8 (S02E08)

  more episodes (7)
2018

Britannia

 

Episode 9 (S01E09)

 

Episode 8 (S01E08)

 

Episode 7 (S01E07)

  more episodes (6)

Actor

Performer