
Garrett Patten
Actor, director, and producer; founder of TBK Productions (2016), involved in ~15 independent films including "Bandit," "Self Custody" (with Adrian Grenier), and his festival-winning directorial debut "The Iron Door."
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Oct 16, 2026
Garrett Patten: From Caterpillar to Hollywood, Building Businesses & Making Movies | E086
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Garrett PattenGUEST
And I remember at the same time the company was potentially, the Caterpillar distributor, was being sold.

Garrett PattenGUEST
Do I, do I go back and, you know, put my best foot into the dealership and see if, if I could acquire the shares and, and run the organization, or do I go down the path of NBC? I ch- I, I knew that I'd always regret it if I didn't go back to the business.
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How to Get Your First Feature Film Made: Garrett Patten on Directing, Film Festivals & Distribution 07/23/2026
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Garrett PattenGUEST
Not only was I producing it and setting everything up, but I, I, I was just trying to really absorb.
The First Domino: How Films Actually Get Financed
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ZB SiwekHOST
So could you start off by just telling us a little bit about yourself, about some of the projects that you work with in the past, and especially in terms of the funding and the distribution aspect, but also which ones you might have directed and so on?

ZB SiwekHOST
But aside from that, have you figured out any other kind of, you know, metrics or key points that a film needs to have in order to be considered marketable in your mind?
