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Scott Buttfield

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Scott Buttfield is known for Escape from New York (1981), Piranha (1978) and The Fog (1980).
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    Known for

    Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)
    Escape from New York
    7.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1981
    Piranha (1978)
    Piranha
    5.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
    • 1978
    The Fog (1980)
    The Fog
    6.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Scott Butfield)
    • 1980
    Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
    A Nightmare on Elm Street
    7.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1984

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Norman and the Killer (1991)
      Norman and the Killer
      6.7
      Short
      • best boy
      • 1991
    • Tracy Pollan, M. Emmet Walsh, and Michael Bowen in The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987)
      The Abduction of Kari Swenson
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • assistant lighting technician
      • 1987
    • The Quick and the Dead (1987)
      The Quick and the Dead
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • gaffer
      • 1987
    • The Making of 'Captain Eo' (1986)
      The Making of 'Captain Eo'
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • gaffer
      • 1986
    • Welcome to 18 (1986)
      Welcome to 18
      5.7
      • lighting: second unit
      • 1986
    • Trick or Treat (1986)
      Trick or Treat
      5.9
      • lighting gaffer
      • 1986
    • CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
      CBS Schoolbreak Special
      6.8
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 1986
    • Emilio Estevez and Craig Sheffer in That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
      That Was Then... This Is Now
      6.1
      • gaffer
      • 1985
    • Tales from the Darkside (1983)
      Tales from the Darkside
      7.4
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 1985
    • Clu Gulager in I Do Mind Dying (1984)
      I Do Mind Dying
      8.4
      Short
      • electrician
      • 1984
    • Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
      A Nightmare on Elm Street
      7.4
      • gaffer
      • 1984
    • Maria's Lovers (1984)
      Maria's Lovers
      6.5
      • gaffer (as Gibson S. Buttfield)
      • 1984
    • Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Christopher Plummer, Cory 'Bumper' Yothers, Larry Cedar, Redmond Gleeson, Peter Jason, David Patrick Kelly, and Chris Mulkey in Dreamscape (1984)
      Dreamscape
      6.3
      • electrician
      • 1984
    • Making the Grade (1984)
      Making the Grade
      5.6
      • gaffer
      • 1984
    • Charles Bronson in 10 to Midnight (1983)
      10 to Midnight
      6.3
      • best boy
      • 1983

    Cinematographer

    • Hellarious (2019)
      Hellarious
      5.5
      • Cinematographer ("Horrific")
      • 2019
    • Minutes Past Midnight (2016)
      Minutes Past Midnight
      4.9
      • Cinematographer (segment "Horrific")
      • 2016
    • Seven Hells (2014)
      Seven Hells
      7.5
      • segment director of photography
      • 2014
    • Horrific (2014)
      Horrific
      5.3
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014

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      • Scott Butfield

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