John Butler (director)

John Butler (born 4 July 1972) is an Irish director, screenwriter, and novelist. in 2011, Picador published his novel "The Tenderloin". His Television credits include the sketch show Your Bad Self, which won an IFTA for best entertainment show, plus writing and directing on The Outlaws (2021), which starred Stephen Merchant and Christopher Walken, and films directed are The Stag, Handsome Devil, and Papi Chulo. Other writing has appeared in The Irish Times, the Dublin Review and elsewhere.

Early life
Butler was born 4 July 1972, in Dublin, Ireland. He attended Blackrock College, an all-boys Catholic school in Dublin. He then went to University College Dublin, obtaining a bachelor's degree in English Greek and Roman, and a master's degree in Film Studies.

Career
in 2011, Picador published his novel "The Tenderloin". His TV work includes sketch show Your Bad Self (which won an IFTA for best entertainment show). His feature films are The Stag, about a group of former boarding schoolfriends on a stag weekend, and Handsome Devil (2016), which was featured at the Belfast Film Festival, and the Dublin International Film Festival. and Papi Chulo. Other writing has appeared in The Irish Times, the Dublin Review and elsewhere. In 2022, he wrote and directed an episode of BBC One's The Outlaws (2022), which starred Stephen Merchant, Eleanor Tomlinson and Christopher Walken.

Personal life
Butler is gay. He is a supporter of Liverpool FC.