Mary Ellen Bute was born on November 21, 1906 in Houston, Texas, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1966), Synchromy No. 1 (1934) and Polka Graph (1947). She was previously married to Ted Nemeth. She died on October 17, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.