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Chanya Button

Director, Writer, ProducerBorn December 25, 1986 (39 years)
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).

Known For

  • The Spanish Princess
  • Vita & Virginia
  • World on Fire
  • Doctor Who
  • Code of Silence
  • Burn Burn Burn
  • The Killing Kind
  • Whitstable Pearl

Filmography

2025
Code of Silence (TV Series)
2023
Doctor Who (TV Series)
2023
2023
The Killing Kind (TV Series)
2021
Whitstable Pearl (TV Series)
2019
World on Fire (TV Series)
2019
2018
2015
2011

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