Robert Butler(I)
- Additional Crew
- Director
- Writer
Robert Butler was born on 16 November 1927 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Remington Steele (1982), Hill Street Blues (1981) and The Blue Knight (1973). He has been married to Adrienne Hepburn since 17 August 1957. They have two children.
- Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 7 wins & 7 nominations total
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- 2009
- 2001
- 1999
- 1998
- Turbulence
- Director
- 1997
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993
- 1991
- 1991
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986
Writer
Personal details
- Alternative name
- Lord Butler
- Born
- Spouse
- Adrienne HepburnAugust 17, 1957 - present (2 children)
- ParentsEdward Michael Butler
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- TriviaMichael Zinberg credits Butler with having the ruthless, adventurous, innovative vision that produced the powerful pilot episode of Hill Street Blues (1981) that sold NBC, and network president Fred Silverman on green-lighting this landmark urban-cop series.
- Quotes[on making Hill Street Blues (1981)] I was tired of clean speeches, where people waited until others stopped talking, tired of clean shots--I didn't fucking want it. In my mind, the show came from the congestion of the material, the congestion of the characters. I remember the camera operator cleaning up shots, in the classic Hollywood style that I had begun to hate, and I had to brainwash him to let it be a mess. I wanted it messy. The trick was to make it look seemingly real, live, raunchy, congested. We jammed the streets with derelict cars and graffiti. We suggested Eastern-city crunch very well. The multiple stories added to the congestion, so I ran with it. There's a pair of people arguing here, something developing over there. My idea was that we were putting on binoculars and panning around at the people, keeping it fluid, rather than cutting. That really worked well for that series.
- Nickname
- Bob
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