Jeremy Butterworth (born March 4, 1969) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He has gained recognition for his unique voice in contemporary theatre, often blending myth, folklore, and realism themes. He has received a Tony Award and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Butterworth started his career with his play, a comedic dark crime drama, Mojo (1995), which earned the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. He found acclaim with his play Jerusalem, which has been described as "the greatest British play of the 21st century". He wrote the play The Ferryman (2017) about a former IRA volunteer set in The Troubles, which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the Tony Award for Best Play. His latest play, The Hills of California (2024), debuted in London and made its Broadway transfer in the same year. He made his directorial film debut with Mojo (1997), based on his play of the same name. He has since written the screenplays for films such as the erotic thriller Birthday Girl (2001), the political drama Fair Game (2010), the science fiction action film Edge of Tomorrow (2014), the James Brown biopic Get On Up (2014), the Whitey Bulger crime drama Black Mass (2015), and sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019). He has also co-written screenplays for the James Bond film Spectre (2015) and the Indiana Jones franchise film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny(2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jez Butterworth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 1, 1969 (57)
- London, England, UK
- Writer and producer, also director
- 17 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all
What are Jez Butterworth's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 1 · Serious 6 · Dark 4
Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 2
Casual 3 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 3
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jez Butterworth's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Jez Butterworth's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
29 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Beatles: George (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Beatles: John (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Beatles: Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Beatles: Ringo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
Digger(2026)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
MobLand(2025)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Snow White(2025)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Agency(2024)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Mammals(2022)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Flag Day(2021)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Ford v Ferrari(2019)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Britannia(2017)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Spectre(2015)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Black Mass(2015)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Get on Up(2014)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Edge of Tomorrow(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Huge(2010)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Fair Game(2010)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Last Legion(2007)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Birthday Girl(2001)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Mojo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Out Of My Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Chandler & Co (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Blood Runs Coal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Laird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Lethal Weapon 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 29 titles, 21 of them dated from 1994 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Highest rated
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Most popular right now
MobLand (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Won a Writers Guild Award in 2011.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jez Butterworth's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jez Butterworth's work okay for kids?
Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jez Butterworth work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jez Butterworth's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John-Henry Butterworth shares the most, 7.
Directors
- James MangoldShared titles: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Ford v Ferrari (2019)See all 2 shared titles with James Mangold
- Doug LimanShared titles: Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Fair Game (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Doug Liman
Writers
- John-Henry ButterworthShared titles: The Agency (2024), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Flag Day (2021), Ford v Ferrari (2019), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Get on Up (2014), Fair Game (2010)See all 7 shared titles with John-Henry Butterworth
- Tom ButterworthShared titles: The Last Legion (2007), Birthday Girl (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Butterworth
Actors
- Jesse PlemonsShared titles: Digger (2026), Black Mass (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jesse Plemons
- Tom CruiseShared titles: Digger (2026), Edge of Tomorrow (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Cruise
- Sean PennShared titles: Flag Day (2021), Fair Game (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Sean Penn
Editors
- Michael McCuskerShared titles: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Ford v Ferrari (2019), Get on Up (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Michael McCusker
- James BarhamShared titles: MobLand (2025), The Agency (2024)See all 2 shared titles with James Barham
- Kate BairdShared titles: MobLand (2025), The Agency (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Baird
- Andrew BucklandShared titles: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Ford v Ferrari (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Buckland
Producers
- Bob YariShared titles: MobLand (2025), The Agency (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Yari
- David GlasserShared titles: MobLand (2025), The Agency (2024)See all 2 shared titles with David Glasser
- David HutkinShared titles: MobLand (2025), The Agency (2024)See all 2 shared titles with David Hutkin
- Ron BurkleShared titles: MobLand (2025), The Agency (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Ron Burkle
Mixed roles
- Ben MillerShared titles: Huge (2010), Birthday Girl (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Miller
