Jim Butterworth (entrepreneur)
Jim Butterworth is a technology entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker, and former investment banker and venture capitalist. He is the president and founder of Naked Edge Films, which has produced more than thirty documentaries that have won an Oscar, two Alfred I. duPont Silver Batons, a Peabody, and have been nominated for six Emmys.[1] He also is the co-founder of the nonprofit documentary production company Incite Productions, and a director and producer of the award-winning film Seoul Train. He is the inventor of 53 U.S. and foreign patents in the field of streaming media that are generally considered among the most cited and relevant intellectual property with respect to streaming.
In 2007, he was awarded the Dartmouth College Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award.[2] In 2008, he was inducted into the Georgia Tech College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni.[3] He formerly served on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board and is a Member Emeritus of the Georgia Tech ISyE Advisory Board.[4]
Early life and education
Butterworth graduated from Leon High School, the Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering, and from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College with a Masters of Business Administration.[5]
Butterworth is an Eagle Scout.
Career
Filmography
| Title | Year | Producer | Director | Camera | Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul Train | 2004 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Alfred I. duPont – Columbia University Award — Silver Baton for excellence in broadcast journalism |
| Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story | 2006 | No | No | No | Thanks | Alfred I. duPont — Silver Baton |
| War Don Don | 2010 | Executive | No | No | No | Nominated for two Emmy Awards |
| The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan | Executive | No | No | No | ||
| Donor Unknown | Executive | No | No | No | Tribeca Online Festival Award and Silverdocs Audience Award | |
| To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America | Executive | No | No | No | 2010 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Gone | 2011 | Executive | No | No | No | |
| Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle | Executive | No | No | No | ||
| Code of the West | 2012 | Executive | No | No | No | CINE Golden Eagle Award |
| The Revisionaries | Executive | No | No | No | Alfred I. duPont — Silver Baton and Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Award | |
| Saving Face | No | No | No | Funding | Academy Award, Best Documentary Short; Winner of two Emmy Awards including Best Documentary | |
| Petey & Ginger | Executive | No | No | No | ||
| In Country | 2014 | Executive | No | No | No | |
| Silenced | Executive | No | No | No | Nominated for an Emmy Award | |
| The Mind of Mark DeFriest | Executive | No | Yes | No | ||
| Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four | 2016 | Executive | No | No | No | |
| United Skates | 2018 | Executive | No | No | No | |
| Call Her Ganda | Executive | No | No | No | ||
| The Feeling of Being Watched | Executive | No | No | No | ||
| The Infiltrators | 2019 | Executive | No | No | No | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award |
| Always in Season | Executive | No | No | No | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award | |
| Blessed Child | Executive | No | No | No | ||
| Red Heaven | 2020 | Executive | No | No | No | |
| The Jump | Executive | No | No | No | ||
| Pray Away | 2021 | Executive | No | No | No | |
| The Man of the Monkey | Executive | No | No | No | ||
| Delikado | 2022 | Executive | No | No | No | Nominated for Emmy Award |
| Loudmouth | Executive | No | No | No | Nominated for Emmy Award | |
| Night in West Texas | 2025 | Executive | No | No | No | |
| Who Killed Alex Odeh? | 2026 | Executive | No | No | No | 2026 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award |
References
- ^ Jim Butterworth(I) [user-generated source]
- ^ "Institutional Diversity & Equity". Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
- ^ "Ramblin' Food & Beverage Guide". Archived from the original on 2001-05-22. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
- ^ "ISyE Advisory Board | ISyE | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA". Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ^ "Jim Butterworth". Naked Edge Films. Archived from the original on 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2011-07-10.