Adrian Butchart is a British screenwriter and film producer.

Having started in British television, Butchart moved into the feature world in the United States, writing the highly acclaimed indie arthouse film I Love Your Work with actor and director Adam Goldberg. The film, an indictment on celebrity culture was not a commercial success but became part of film school curriculum, with a cast including Giovanni Ribisi, Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jason Lee, Vince Vaughn and Elvis Costello.

Butchart also wrote the popular Goal! trilogy of movies with producer Mike Jefferies.

The first installment, Goal! The Dream Begins with contributions from veteran British writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais is the story of a young illegal immigrant, rising from poverty to become one of the World's greatest players. It was released by Disney and was shown in 38 countries worldwide.

Butchart was again one of the key writers on the second part of the trilogy, Goal! 2: Living the Dream..., which is due for release in 2007 and features David Beckham.

Goal! 3 which was also co-written by Butchart with Mike Jefferies and Piers Ashworth will be released in 2008.

His subject material moved from the world of soccer to the world of modeling with a television series in development for 2008 with model Christie Brinkley and producers Jonathan Prince and Howard Klein, which charts the course of a young middle American girl to the dizzy heights of the supermodel.

In 2007 he produced the horror/thriller From Within written by Brad Keene, directed by acclaimed cinematographer Phedon Papamichael and starring Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Adam Goldberg, Laura Allen and Rumer Willis.

Filmography

• From Within (2008) (Producer)
• Goal 3 (2008) (Writer)
• Goal! 2: Living the Dream... (2007) (Writer)
• Goal! (2005) (Writer)
• I Love Your Work (2003) (Writer)

External links

• Adrian Butchart at the Internet Movie Database