# Garrett Batty
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garrett batty is an American film director, writer, and producer known for his film The Saratov Approach. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and a native of Park City, Utah. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (LDS Church) and his films are part of Mormon cinema, but with a more general audience.
TI S3 E18 | Five Goals Every Independent Filmmaker Should Set Before 2026
As the year comes to a close, Garrett Batty and Daren Smith take a step back to reflect—and then look forward.
In this episode of Truly Independent, they break down five practical, non-fluffy goals that independent filmmakers can set to stop spinning their wheels and start building momentum that ...
S3 E19 | Making a Feature Documentary With Almost No Budget (And Taking It to Theaters) - Tanner Christensen
What does it take to turn a real-life story into a feature film—without a studio, without a big budget, and without any guarantees?
In this episode of Truly Independent, hosts Garrett Batty and Darren Smith sit down with filmmaker Tanner Christensen to unpack the three-and-a-half-year journey be...
S3 E22 | Why Most Indie Films Fail (And How to Fix It)
🎬 Welcome back to Truly Independent — Season 3 is all about the script.
In this episode, Garrett Batty and Darren Smith break down a powerful principle that can completely shift your filmmaking career: solve bigger problems. Instead of chasing opportunities, what happens when you focus on solvin...
S3 E22 | $50K Feature → Theatrical Release: Savannah Osler’s Indie Film Playbook | Truly Independent
This week on Truly Independent (Season 3: The Script), Garrett Batty and Darren Smith sit down with filmmaker Savannah Osler to break down the real path from idea → screenplay → finished feature → distribution.
Savannah shares how she went from writing her first story at 14 to making her first fe...
S3 E23 | How REAL Producers Attract Investors, Actors & Distribution
What is film packaging—and why does it determine whether your movie gets funded, cast, and distributed?
In this episode of Truly Independent, Garrett Batty and Darren Smith break down the real meaning of packaging in filmmaking. Packaging isn’t just attaching a script and hoping for the best—it’s...
S3 E24 | How Filmmakers Actually Get Deals at Film Festivals (NRB, Distributors, AI Strategy)
What really happens at film festivals and major industry conventions?
In this episode of Truly Independent, Garrett Batty and Darren Smith break down their real-world experience attending the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Convention in Nashville — and how filmmakers actually build relati...
S3 E27 | The Tools That Make or Break Your Film
What happens when your director shows up on set and the costumes are completely wrong? Or the set decorator built the wrong thing entirely? Garrett Batty and Daren Smith break down the tools that prevent those nightmare moments — lookbooks, vision boards, director statements, character tone guide...
Filmmaker Paralyzed for Life at 15. Then God Answered His Prayer (with Garrett Batty)
Garrett Batty has spent his career turning faith-based stories into cinema, but the story that shaped him most started in a hospital bed when he was 15. A routine scoliosis surgery had dropped bone chips into his spinal cord and left him paralyzed. The doctors began training him for life in a ...
Episode 73 Garrett Batty
Garrett Batty is an independent film producer and director known primarily for his involvement in faith-based content. In 2013 Batty wrote, produced, directed and edited The Saratov Approach, about two American missionaries kidnapped in Russia. The award-winning thriller grossed 2.1 million at th...
EP. 8- Independent Filmmaking Insights- with filmmakers Garrett Batty and Daren Smith
What does it really take to build a successful independent film today? It starts long before the cameras roll.
In this episode of the Faith Film Fests Podcast, Doug Weiss sits down with filmmakers Garrett Batty and Daren Smith, co-hosts of the Truly Independent Podcast, for a conversation about a...
