Craig Butta

Movies

The Sweet East
Casting Director
A high school senior from South Carolina gets her first glimpse of the wider world, picturesque cities, and woods of the Eastern seaboard on a class trip to Washington, D.C.
The Sweet East
Producer
A high school senior from South Carolina gets her first glimpse of the wider world, picturesque cities, and woods of the Eastern seaboard on a class trip to Washington, D.C.
Project Space 13
Producer
The movie follows Nate, an emerging performance artist, who finally gets a coveted show at a Manhattan gallery, but right when he begins his provocative piece, the entire city shuts down for COVID-19. Unswayed, he locks himself in the white cube space to continue his performance for an audience of none. As tensions flare outside, the gallery hires private security to watch over him and his art. Over the course of one night, two armed guards and Nate argue about everything, reveal their darkest secrets, and prepare for the worst.
The Birthday Cake
Line Producer
On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Gio's life is forever changed.
The Lonedale Operator
Producer
The writings and movie memories of renowned poet John Ashbery are refracted in a kaleidoscope of film clips that open up an illuminating dialogue between his work and cinema
Whiteout
Producer
A couple driving during a snowstorm must decide whether to help an elderly man they encounter.
Her Smell
Line Producer
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Her Smell
Greg The Roadie
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Jobe'z World
Detective
A rollerblading drug dealer runs into trouble when one of his customers dies.
Golden Exits
Greg
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Person to Person
Darryl
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
Human Resources
Ivan Green
Bill has a psychotic episode on his first day back at work, and his employees aren't happy.
Christmas, Again
Bluetooth Man
Noel is a young man who travels from upstate New York every year to sell Christmas trees in New York City. Returning without the help of his long-time girlfriend, this year Noel finds it impossible to do the one thing he knows so well---sell Christmas trees. As Noel begins to spiral downwards, alienating co-workers and customers in the process, it turns out this same community of people may be the only ones capable of saving Noel from self-destruction.
Queen of Earth
Groundskeeper
Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.
Listen Up Philip
Lowlife at Bar
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.
The Color Wheel
Norton the Bully
JR has broken up with her professor. She enlists her nervous and obnoxious younger brother Colin to take a short road trip in order to help move out her belongings. They bicker and fight, with one another and pretty much anybody they encounter, before being brought to a place of togetherness and understanding as a result of being pushed away by everybody in their lives except one another.