#11 | Patrick Briand | The Hollywood Assistant

Filmmaker and producer Patrick Briand on a Sacramento ghost-hunter documentary at 16, NYU film school, life as a Hollywood assistant, and producing Ryan's shows across Europe through Covid. Patrick Briand is a filmmaker and creative producer living in Los Angeles. After graduating from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he worked in scripted film and TV development at The Combine, a production company owned by actor Jeremy Renner. He went on to work in physical production, working across departments on various commercials, music videos and films. As a producer, Patrick worked with me on several of my series. Currently he produces and directs videos for agencies and brands, while spending as much of his free time as possible in the outdoors. Follow Patrick Briand on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pb__international Chapters 0:00 Welcome Patrick Briand 2:06 Growing up in small-town Northern California 8:17 A film education from his dad 12:02 Early influences and travel TV 16:31 A first documentary: Sacramento ghost hunters 24:36 Film festivals in high school 30:19 Choosing a film school 34:30 Rejection letters on the wall 40:00 Budgets, stars and a tough market 43:13 Patreon and paying creators directly 48:10 When everyone watched the same TV 52:10 What NYU taught him 56:40 Unpaid internships 1:00:06 The Hollywood assistant 1:03:44 Working with Ryan 1:10:40 Stuck in Istanbul 1:16:26 Filming across Europe during Covid 1:20:00 First trip outside the US 1:24:29 Montenegro and the second lockdown 1:30:06 The flight to Dubai 1:37:42 What would Bourdain have done? 1:40:02 Commercials in Covid times 1:44:15 Coupons for dog food 1:48:25 Starting again in your forties 1:52:29 Can long-form pay on YouTube? 1:54:34 Not making people dumber 1:56:28 A thousand conversations 1:58:11 Wrapping up The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com