Colin Butts
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Colin Butts is an English
writer and author, mainly in popularist youth orientated works.
Butts founded Tuesday Morning Publishing to publish his own novel Is Harry On the Boat? in 1997, and sold 20,000 copies from his garage. It was then taken on by Orion Publishing and went on to become a six-figure best seller. The book was made into a film, giving Danny Dyer
his first lead role after a 15-year-old Lily Allen
read it and showed it to her mother, film producer Alison Owen of Ruby Films. Ruby Films and Rapido TV then went on to produce the 2002/3 series for Sky One
. He wrote a sequel called Is Harry Still on the Boat? and another Ibiza based novel called A Bus Could Run You Over.
Colin then changed his focus to scriptwriting, being in part mentored by Paul Abbott
and cutting his teeth writing six episodes for the final series of Sky One
's football based drama: Dream Team
.
Butts lives in Ibiza
where he is part owner of Plastik, a bar that has been hugely influential in improving the quality and perception of the much-maligned San Antonio.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
writer and author, mainly in popularist youth orientated works.
Butts founded Tuesday Morning Publishing to publish his own novel Is Harry On the Boat? in 1997, and sold 20,000 copies from his garage. It was then taken on by Orion Publishing and went on to become a six-figure best seller. The book was made into a film, giving Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
his first lead role after a 15-year-old Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper , better known as Lily Allen, is an English recording artist and fashion designer. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In her teenage years, her musical tastes evolved from glam rock to alternative...
read it and showed it to her mother, film producer Alison Owen of Ruby Films. Ruby Films and Rapido TV then went on to produce the 2002/3 series for Sky One
Sky One
Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
. He wrote a sequel called Is Harry Still on the Boat? and another Ibiza based novel called A Bus Could Run You Over.
Colin then changed his focus to scriptwriting, being in part mentored by Paul Abbott
Paul Abbott
Paul Abbott is a BAFTA award-winning English television screenwriter and producer. Abbott has become one of the most critically and commercially successful television writers working in Britain today, following his work on many popular series, including Coronation Street, Cracker and Shameless,...
and cutting his teeth writing six episodes for the final series of Sky One
Sky One
Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
's football based drama: Dream Team
Dream Team (TV series)
Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....
.
Butts lives in Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
where he is part owner of Plastik, a bar that has been hugely influential in improving the quality and perception of the much-maligned San Antonio.
External links
- Bio at publisher Orion books
- Colin Butts at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Plastik Bar website
- Colin Butts Interview