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Chanya Button

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Chanya Button

Born December 25, 1986 · London, England, UK (age 39)

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 Worl…

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Vita & VirginiaVita & Virginia · 2019
Vita & Virginia
★ 6.82019
MovieDramaRomance
Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the two forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages.
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsDoctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials · 2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
★ 8.62023
MovieDramaAdventure
The Doctor finds himself with an old face and something is very wrong. How can Donna remember him and why has he got one of his old faces back? A compilation release featuring "The Star Beast," "Wild Blue Yonder," and "The Giggle."
Burn Burn BurnBurn Burn Burn · 2016
Burn Burn Burn
★ 6.52016
MovieDramaComedy
Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
FireFire · 2012
Fire
★ 7.22012
MovieDrama
Charles Dickens burns a lifetime of letters in one night and struggles with a desire that longs to make itself real.
Alpha: OmegaAlpha: Omega · 2014
Alpha: Omega
★ 7.02014
MovieScience FictionDrama
A ravaged London is in the midst of a century-long civil war in which the battle-line isn't race or religion: it's gender. And the resource at stake isn't land or wealth: it's reproduction. The film follows the journey of the youngest member of an underground female resistance group, and her relationship with her biological mother.
Frog/RobotFrog/Robot · 2011
Frog/Robot
★ 8.02011
MovieComedy
An off-kilter comedy about a girl who thinks more than she says, and a boy that says more than he thinks.
The Spanish PrincessThe Spanish Princess · 2019
The Spanish Princess
★ 7.52019
SeriesDrama
The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
Whitstable PearlWhitstable Pearl · 2021
Whitstable Pearl
★ 6.72021
SeriesCrimeMystery
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all manner of cases. But when an old friend dies suspiciously, Pearl finds herself in conflict with gruff new cop in town, DCI Mike McGuire.

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