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Chanya Button
London, England, UK
Chanya Joyce Dorothy Button (born 25 December 1986) is an English director and screenwriter. After studying at RADA and learning the ropes in the assistant directors' department o…
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Chanya Joyce Dorothy Button (born 25 December 1986) is an English director and screenwriter. After studying at RADA and learning the ropes in the assistant directors' department on the Harry Potter franchise, she directed two feature films, Burn Burn Burn (2015) and Vita & Virginia (2018), the latter of which she also co-wrote. She then moved on to television, directing the 2019 period dramas World on Fire and The Spanish Princess, as well as the final 60th anniversary special episode of Doctor Who, "The Giggle" (2023).
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2025
Code of Silence
TV show Director
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2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Movie Director
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2023
The Killing Kind
TV show Director
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2021
Whitstable Pearl
TV show Director
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2019
World on Fire
TV show Director
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2019
The Spanish Princess
TV show Director
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2019
Vita & Virginia
Movie Director
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2016
Burn Burn Burn
Movie Director
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2014
Alpha: Omega
Movie Director
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2012
Fire
Movie Producer
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2011
Frog/Robot
Movie Director
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Our Fault: London
Movie Director
