Wilmer C. Butler, ASC (born April 7, 1921) is an American cinematographer. He shot The Conversation (1974), Jaws (1975), and three Rocky sequels. He completed 1975`s One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest after Haskell Wexler was fired from the production, and was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Butler served as the director of photography include The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976), Grease (1978) and installments two, three, and four of Rocky. Butler was also the cinematographer for Demon Seed (1977), as well as Capricorn One (1978), Stripes (1981), Biloxi Blues (1988), Child`s Play (1988), Graffiti Bridge (1990), Flipper (1996), Anaconda (1997), Deceiver (1997) and
Redline (2007). His television credits include The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) and The Thorn Birds (1983).
Butler was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Film Award for his work in One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest (1975). He won Primetime Emmy Awards for Raid on Entebbe (1977) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1984).