Biography
Jez Butterworth is an English playwright, screenwriter and film director. He began his career with the play Mojo (1995), which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. He has received a Tony Award and two Laurence Olivier Awards for his stage work, including Jerusalem and The Ferryman (2017).
His screenwriting credits include Birthday Girl (2001), Fair Game (2010), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Get On Up (2014), Black Mass (2015), Spectre (2015), Ford v Ferrari (2019) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). He wrote for the series MobLand (2025) and made his directorial debut with the film adaptation of Mojo (1997).
