Patrick Byrnes

Patrick Byrnes
  • Date of birth: 1964
  • Profession: Producer, Writer, Director
Patrick Byrnes is the creative executive behind Furious Films & TV; a company he created after a successful 15-year stint @ MTV.

After winning the network's first Emmy Award for a Series for producing & directing MTV Sports, the NY Times described his work as "potentially lethal to heart patients with dysrhythmia."

Best known for creating MTV: Music Television's sports programming, beginning with the Emmy Award winning series, _"MTV Sports" (1991)_ and culminating with _"Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show" (2001)_.

On the personal tip, he's skydived, bungee jumped, shot par, kicked a 40 Yard FG, been yelled at by Madonna, trampled by a Pamplona bull and been called "Spielberg" by LA Laker legend, Kobe Bryant.

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