Directing
Chanya Button
Dec 25, 1986 (39 years) London, England, UK
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
7.5
The Spanish Princess
Director
6.8
Vita & Virginia
Director, Writer
7.5
World on Fire
Director
6.7
Code of Silence
Director
6.7
Whitstable Pearl
Director
6.3
The Killing Kind
Director
6.5
Burn Burn Burn
Director, Producer
8.6
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Director
7.2
Fire
Producer, Director
7.0
Alpha: Omega
Director, Writer, Producer
8.0
Frog/Robot
Director
Filmography
6.7
Code of Silence
2025 · Director
6.3
The Killing Kind
2023 · Director
8.6
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023 · Director
6.7
Whitstable Pearl
2021 · Director
7.5
The Spanish Princess
2019 · Director
6.8
Vita & Virginia
2019 · Director, Writer
7.5
World on Fire
2019 · Director
6.5
Burn Burn Burn
2016 · Director, Producer
7.0
Alpha: Omega
2014 · Director, Writer, Producer
7.2
Fire
2012 · Producer, Director
8.0
Frog/Robot
2011 · Director