• BIRTH 25/12/1986
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOW 1
  • DIRECTOR 11
  • SCRIPT 2
  • PRODUCTION 2

Chanya Button

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).

Chanya Button

Show

Doctor Who: Unleashed
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Self
2024

Director (11)

The Spanish Princess
The Spanish Princess
2019
(3 episodes)
Code of Silence
Code of Silence
2025
(3 episodes)
Our Fault: London
Our Fault: London
Whitstable Pearl
Whitstable Pearl
2021
(2 episodes)
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
Vita & Virginia
Vita & Virginia
2019
World on Fire
World on Fire
2019
(2 episodes)
Doctor Who: The Giggle
Doctor Who: The Giggle
The Killing Kind
The Killing Kind
2023
(3 episodes)
Burn Burn Burn
Burn Burn Burn
2016
Alpha: Omega
Alpha: Omega
2014

Script (2)

Vita & Virginia
Vita & Virginia
2019
Alpha: Omega
Alpha: Omega
2014

Production (2)

Burn Burn Burn
Burn Burn Burn
2016
Alpha: Omega
Alpha: Omega
2014