Films Produced by Sidney Butler

Recipient of the Akhtar-Bhutta 2017 Producers Grant

Over the past four years at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts I've produced many short films. Each project took time and was a passion piece for each director.

Stevie's Aliens (2017)

Producer, dir Austin S. Harris

Greg, an aspiring writer whose dreams are shattered when he's rejected from his top choice college, is reinvigorated after he sees what he believes is a UFO.

Learning to Drown (2017)

Producer, dir Tiye Amenechi

On the eve of the one year anniversary of her mother’s death, Celeste (15) searches for a pool to release her pent up and stagnant grief.

One out of two NYU seniors to receive the 2017 Producers Grant

Nica (2015)

Producer, Liy van Leeuwen 

Inspired by the jazz scene of the 1950s, Baroness Nica Rothschild decides to give up her wealthy European lifestyle in order to join the New York jazz community. 

Snip (2014)

Associate Producer, dir Jenna Gelenberg

A newly dead high school teacher learns to say goodbye to his loved ones with the help of a special teenage girl.                        

Thanksgiving (2016)

Producer, dir Kaitlyn Mae Jones

A family celebrates Thanksgiving for the first time after their mother has passed away.