Joshua Butler

Joshua Butler is an award-winning independent filmmaker and one of the most prolific writers and directors of his generation, with over 60 hours of content to his name. Joshua wrote and directed the cult horror feature Vlog (2008) for the producers of Saw (2004); directed multiple episodes of Syfy's The Magicians (2015), FOX's The Following (2013) starring Kevin Bacon, the CW phenomenon The Vampire Diaries (2009), Disney/Freeform's Pretty Little Liars (2010), CBS' Limitless (2015) produced by Bradley Cooper; El Rey's Matador (2014) for Robert Rodriguez; BET's Tales (2017); and State of Affairs (2014) for NBC starring Katherine Heigl and Alfre Woodard. In addition to his directing work, Joshua has edited 8 network pilots-all of which were picked up to series-and dozens of hours of episodic television, many of which he directed. He is also an active editor of features, commercials, promos, trailers and all manner of streaming content. Most recently, he created, wrote and directed the Tubi horror series Red Rooms (2023), which premiered in 2023. He also co-wrote and directed the upcoming 2024 Lifetime thriller My Child Has My Doctor's Face (2024).