Hugo Butler
Canadian screenwriter (1914-1968)
Hugo Dansey Butler was a Canadian-American screenwriter. He was a victim of the Hollywood blacklist during the 1950s, and subsequently worked in Mexico and Europe under a variety of pseudonyms, notably in collaboration with directors Luis Buñuel, Joseph Losey and Robert Aldrich. He had previously been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Edison the Man (1940).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 4 films (1939–1961) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 14 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Films Inc. (FI) | 1600 | B&W | ||
| 1945 | The Southerner | Loew-Hakim Inc | 1:31:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1956 | Torero. | Producciones Barbachano Ponce | 7 reels | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1961 | The young one | director, Luis Bunuel ; written by Bunuel and Hugo Butler. | 91 | 16mm | B&W | sound |