Oct 9, 2026 · 46 min · 12 segments
This episode features filmmaker Garrett Patten to explore his journey from business executive to Hollywood filmmaker. Garret produced his first film next to Matt Damon and has worked with Hollywood…
Garrett PattenGuestJoanne ButcherHostIf you had to take a guess, and you don't have to talk about that specific film, uh, if you wanna make, if you wanna produce a, a, a feature film with A-list actors and so on, how much would you say it costs in development funding?
You know, so when you, when you c- when you come to budgets, I always tell people if someone hired me to make Avatar for a million bucks, I could do it.
I, I, I say, I say, "Are we making the $50 version, the $50,000 version [laughs] or what version are we making?"
Exactly, and so when, when people, like this, uh, this new project I'm on to direct in August, I try to give them visuals.
I try to say, "Look- For this amount of money, I believe I could bring you this, this quality of product for...
If, if the budget's less, then obviously we're gonna have to give up on some things, and it will be a, a little different.
so all of a sudden you have, you have an idea, and you got a beat sheet, and y- so y- you gotta hire...
... you wanna get the, the top WGA writer to take the screenplay, I mean, y- you could be looking at $60,000 to $400,000.
If you had to take a guess, and you don't have to talk about that specific film, uh, if you wanna make, if you wanna produce a, a, a feature film with A-list actors and so on, how much would you say it costs in development funding?
You know, so when you, when you c- when you come to budgets, I always tell people if someone hired me to make Avatar for a million bucks, I could do it.
I, I, I say, I say, "Are we making the $50 version, the $50,000 version [laughs] or what version are we making?"
Exactly, and so when, when people, like this, uh, this new project I'm on to direct in August, I try to give them visuals.
I try to say, "Look- For this amount of money, I believe I could bring you this, this quality of product for...
If, if the budget's less, then obviously we're gonna have to give up on some things, and it will be a, a little different.
so all of a sudden you have, you have an idea, and you got a beat sheet, and y- so y- you gotta hire...
... you wanna get the, the top WGA writer to take the screenplay, I mean, y- you could be looking at $60,000 to $400,000.
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