George Butler, filmmaker known for the bodybuilding documentary “Pumping Iron” about the 1975 Mr. Olympia competition between Arnold Schwarzenegger and future “Incredible Hulk” star Lou Ferrigno, has ...

George Butler, a documentary filmmaker who introduced audiences to a charismatic bodybuilder named Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Pumping Iron,” and who later examined subjects as varied as explorer Ernest ...

HAYWARD — In retirement, George Butler, coping with the onset of Alzheimer”s disease and dementia, moved to Hayward two years ago to be near his sister. However, for much of his professional life, ...

NEW YORK – Filmmaker George Butler wants his friends to know he's very much alive, despite a premature obituary on "The Charlie Rose Show" this week. During Rose's annual New Year's Eve tribute on PBS ...

Documentary filmmaker George Butler, whose 1977 film “Pumping Iron” ignited a fitness revolution and propelled Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger to Hollywood stardom and ultimately to ...

George Tyssen Butler, a documentary filmmaker best known for co-directing the 1977 feature “Pumping Iron,” died on Oct. 21 of pneumonia at his home in New Hampshire. He was 78 years old. Butler’s ...