"I was making coffees and sweeping the floor, and sort of watching every department do their jobs – Stuart Craig, the production designer, amazing D.P.s like Eduardo Serra, and incredible hair and makeup designers like Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin. In 2010, she received a master's degree in Theatre Directing from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Button also worked extensively as a runner and assistant director on big-budget features shot in the UK, notably on many Harry Potter films, Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014). Īfter graduating, she worked for the UK Film Council Film Fund in London, and then, shortly after, moved to Los Angeles to undertake work in the creative department at Warner Bros. She gained experience as an assistant director at the Bush Theatre, the Tricycle Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe. During that time, she started directing theatre, choosing productions that aligned with the literature she was studying at Oxford. At the age of 18, she took part in the Royal Court Young Writers' Programme. Even though we have very different tastes, and have taken very different paths into the film industry, the lesson I've learned from him that resonates most is that, if you treat people well, it's not only a respectful way to make work, but better work is made as a result."īutton studied English Literature at the University of Oxford from 2005 to 2008. He's worked in the film industry for 40 years, and I've learned simply from watching him work: how to have a strong sense of your own taste, an unrelenting and passionate work ethic, and most importantly I've watched him treat absolutely everyone he works with, with kindness, sensitivity and respect. She therefore grew up on film sets and her earliest memories are of "wandering through elaborate film sets, spending whole weekends sitting on the back of a camera truck watching the machine of a film crew whir around me". Productions in the UK, who has worked behind the camera on over 300 films and was awarded an OBE in 2009 for services to the film industry. Her father is Roy Button, former executive vice-president and managing director of Warner Bros. She then moved on to television, directing the 2019 period dramas World on Fire and The Spanish Princess, as well as an episode of Doctor Who, set to air in November 2023.īutton was born in London on 25 December 1986. After studying at RADA and learning the ropes in the assistant directors' department on the Harry Potter franchise, she directed two feature films, Burn Burn Burn (2015) and Vita & Virginia (2018), the latter of which she also co-wrote. Chanya Joyce Dorothy Button (born on 25 December 1986) is an English director and screenwriter.
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