Brian Patrick Butler is an American actor,

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

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. He is known for creating '' Friend of the World'' and his performances in ''

We All Die Alone ''We All Die Alone'' is a 2021 American dark comedy short film directed by Jonathan Hammond and written by Hammond and Ryan Roach. It stars Brian Patrick Butler, Frank DiPalermo, Joshua Alan Jones and Patrick Mayuyu. The film premiered in 2021 ...

'' and ''South of 8''.

Life and career

While pursuing a degree in theatre arts at San Diego State University, Butler directed a production of Stephen Adly Guirgis's play '' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot''. After graduating, Butler performed at New Village Arts Theatre in the West Coast premieres of

The House Theatre of Chicago The House Theatre of Chicago is a non-profit, ensemble theatre company in Chicago, IL. The House was founded in 2001 by a group of friends from the British American Drama Academy and Southern Methodist University with the mission of exploring the id ...

's '' The Nutcracker'' and Sarah Ruhl's ''Stage Kiss''. He was also cast in '' Return to the Forbidden Planet'' at New Village Arts and played KJ in Ion Theatre's production of Annie Baker's '' The Aliens''. During this time, Butler acted in the feature films ''South of 8'' and ''Thane of East County'' before writing and directing two

short films A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

: ''Hatred'' and ''

The Phantom Hour ''The Phantom Hour'' is a 2016 comedy horror short film written and directed by Brian Patrick Butler. It premiered September 8, 2016 at Horrible Imaginings Film Festival. The film is an homage to German expressionist silent films. Plot In a m ...

''. In 2017, Butler starred in the short film ''Assumption'' and later in '' Hacksaw'', a feature-length slasher film with

Sadie Katz Sadie Katz (born October 13, 1978 as Sadie Lorraine Jones) is an American actress, WGA writer, director, and producer from Los Angeles, California. Career Sadie Katz is best known for playing Sally Hillicker in '' Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort''. ...

and Cortney Palm. He received nominations at Oceanside International Film Festival and Georgia Shorts Film Festival for his performance in ''

''.

''Friend of the World''

In 2016, Butler formulated a script titled '' Friend of the World''. In 2020, the film premiered virtually at the Oceanside International Film Festival during the COVID 19 pandemic. Following the premiere, Butler mentioned he was inspired by the works of John Carpenter and

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...

. The film was distributed by Troma Entertainment in 2022.

Filmography

Film

References

External links

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Brian Patrick Butler
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Official website
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