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Jez Butterworth biography

Jeremy “Jez” Butterworth is a British playwright, screenwriter and film director. His first acclaimed stage work, Mojo, premiered in 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

He studied at St John’s College, Cambridge, before pursuing his writing career. His dramaturgical approach combines mythic, folkloric and realist elements, and he has collaborated across theatre and film with his brothers John-Henry and Tom in screenwriting projects.

Butterworth’s plays include The Night Heron (2002), The Winterling, Parlour Song, Jerusalem (2009) and The River (2012). His 2017 play The Ferryman premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, later transferring to the West End and Broadway, and won the Olivier Award for Best New Play.

In film and television, Butterworth co-wrote or contributed to screenplays for Birthday Girl, Fair Game, Edge of Tomorrow, Get On Up, Black Mass, Spectre, Ford v Ferrari and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.