Brian R. Etting

Brian R. Etting
Occupation(s)	Producer, director, writer
Years active	1996-present

Brian R. Etting is an American producer, ^[1] director, and screenwriter known for producing Broken , ^[2] Funny or Die , ^[3] A Good Old Fashioned Orgy , ^[4] and Relative Strangers starring Danny DeVito. ^[5] He also executive produced Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln which won Best Short Film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. ^[6] Etting also owns his own production company with Josh Etting called Garlin Pictures. ^[7]

Career

Etting told the Daily Bruin, “(The) most interesting filmmakers are the people that are really well-rounded, that have an education outside of the editing room, outside of the film classes and really study great writing and great authors and great stories. English, in retrospect, is the best thing I could have done. I developed great skills as a producer, was able to identify great material and then put all the elements together, which is the financing, and the director, and the talent, and understanding the foreign market well enough to mitigate risk and not lose your investments.” ^[2]

Filmography

Producer / Other

Year	Film	Producer	Other	Notes
1996	Public Enemies	No	Yes	Assistant to director
1998	Double Take	No	Yes	Assistant to director
1999	The Base	Yes	No
1999	Hitman's Run	Yes	No
2000	Blowback	Yes	Yes	Second unit director
2000	Sacrifice	Yes	Yes	Second unit director
2000	Guilty as Charged	Yes	Yes	Second unit director
2001	Devil's Prey	Yes	No
2001	Instinct to Kill	Yes	No
2002	Bad Karma	Yes	No
2003	Tough Luck	Yes	No
2005	The Godfather of Green Bay	Yes	No
2006	Relative Strangers	Yes	No
2006	Broken	Yes	No
2008	Technology Jones	Yes	No
2009	Night Train	Yes	No
2010	Drunk History	Yes	No	2 episodes
2010-2011	Funny or Die Presents	Yes	No	9 episodes
2011	What's Going On? with Mike Mitchell	Yes	No
2011	A Good Old Fashioned Orgy	Yes	No
2014	Reclaim	Yes	Yes	Post-production supervisor
2019	Angel of Mine	Yes	No

Director / Writer

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
1998	Interview with the Paparazzi	Yes	No
2006	Viagra Falls	Yes	Yes

References

1. "Brian R. Etting - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". The New York Times . February 24, 2016. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
2. "Alum, denied by film school, now a producer".
3. "Funny or Die presents". Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
4. "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy". Sony Pictures Entertainment. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
5. "More Details on Paradox Entertainment's Reclaim". November 2013.
6. "Sundance Film Festival Awards Announcement" (PDF). sundance.org. January 30, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
7. "Garlin Pictures". Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

External links

• Brian R. Etting at IMDb