Adrian Butchart

Adrian Butchart is a British screenwriter and film producer best known for being one of the writers of the movies '' Goal!'' and '' Goal! 2: Living the Dream...''.

Early life

Butchart was born in England of Scottish parents and grew up in London before moving to Edinburgh at age 9 where he went to The Edinburgh Academy. He returned to London and attended first Mander Portman Woodward in South Kensington and then the University of Reading graduating with a 2.1 BSc (Hons) in Estate Management. He is an active member of BAFTA and keen supporter of Chelsea Football Club.

Career

At University to study real estate, he developed a passion for film but not wishing to change courses, offered to act as producer for a friend on the film course, Hugo Currie's student film. The short, Headstrong starring Danny Cunningham, cost only £300 to make and mostly involved improvising - borrowing locations and using an old shopping cart for a dolly. Currie's next short The Cookie Thief starring Jack Davenport, Honor Fraser and Oliver Milburn was nominated for the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Currie invited Butchart to represent the film as his producer.

After leaving University, Butchart continued to work in real estate while teaching himself to write in the evenings. In early 2000 one of his screenplays found its way to the desk of a Producer in Hollywood who urged him to move to Los Angeles and later that year he was signed by the ICM Partners agency and then by Propaganda Films whose other clients included Spike Jonze, Antoine Fuqua and Steven Soderbergh. Butchart wrote several commercials and music videos and became the go-to writer for Radio City Music Hall in New York.

In 2003 Butchart had his first film made ''I Love Your Work'' which he co-wrote with actor and director Adam Goldberg. The film's cast included Giovanni Ribisi, Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jason Lee, Vince Vaughn and Elvis Costello and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to mixed reviews, mainly focusing on Goldberg's directing.

Butchart next co-wrote the film '' Goal!'' with Producer Mike Jefferies and contributions from veteran British writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. It is the story of a young illegal immigrant Santiago Munez, rising from poverty to become one of the World's greatest players. It was released by Disney and shown in 38 countries worldwide. The film scored moderately at the box office, making $27.6 million in theaters but by the time it reached DVD, huge sales made it the gold standard for sports films in the UK, many European territories and South America. It is still shown regularly on the BBC
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