Jonathan Butterell

Jonathan Butterell is a director and choreographer who has worked in London, New York and around the world. Most recently he directed the movie Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, released globally on Amazon Prime in 2021. Prior to that he spent time developing and directing the award-winning stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Further theatre director credits include: Alone Together, Michael Ball’s one man show (Donmar Warehouse and Theatre Royal Haymarket); Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music Hall); Peter Pan (Royal Festival Hall); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Royal Festival Hall); Second Chance (Signature Theatre, Arlington and New York Public Theater); Whida Peru: Ressurection Tangle (New York, Inner Voice for Premier Stages); Tres Niñas (Zipper Theatre, New York); as well as an associate director on Othello (Royal National Theatre, directed by Sam Mendes) and Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Stephen Pimlott). Butterell created the musical staging for the Tony award winning shows The Light in the Piazza (Lincoln Center Theater, directed by Barlett Sher) and Assassins (Studio 54 Broadway, directed by Joe Mantello), as well as the revival of Fiddler on the Roof (Minskoff Theatre, Broadway, directed by David Leveaux) and the musical staging for the original workshop of Sondheim’s musical Wise Guys with Nathan Lane and Victor Garber at New York Theatre Workshop, directed by Sam Mendes. Butterell also choreographed the Tony award-winning Nine, starring Antonio Banderas and Chita Rivera on Broadway (and further productions in London, Buenos Aires and Tokyo, all directed by David Leveaux).