Brendan Byrne is a Bay Area–based documentary and commercial director/DP. Raised in San Luis Obispo, California, he earned a BA in Film and Media Studies from UC Santa Barbara before spending his first six years in Los Angeles building his career alongside close collaborators. After establishing himself as a freelance filmmaker, Brendan founded            , a full-service production company, in 2021. Now based in the Bay Area, he continues to create documentary and commercial work focused on water access and innovation, architecture and design, and tourism and adventure.