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 ...

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 ...

Butler, George “Dave” George “Dave” Butler, went to be with his heavenly father on November 20, 2010, after a lengthy battle with lung disease. He entered this world on January 26, 1937 in Waukegan, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Tyssen Butler, a documentary filmmaker best known for co-directing the 1977 feature “Pumping Iron,” died on Oct. 21 of ...

Publishing and movie executives in New York City and Hollywood were skeptical to the point of being dismissive about George Butler’s first big project — a book and a movie in the 1970s about Arnold ...