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Chris Butler (born 12 February 1974) is an English animator, writer and director known for his works at Laika, such as ParaNorman and Missing Link, which were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He studied animation at the University for the Creative Arts in South England and is an alumnus of Hugh Baird College in Merseyside. On 1 May 2024, it was confirmed that Butler would write the screenplay for the upcoming live-action Masters of the Universe film, which is due for release on 5 June 2026. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Butler (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Chris Butler is an English animator, writer, and director best known for his work with Laika on stop-motion animated features.
He is recognized for writing and directing Academy Award-nominated animated films such as ParaNorman and Missing Link, as well as writing the screenplay for Kubo and the Two Strings.
He is closely associated with the stop-motion animation studio Laika.