Vol. 22 · Issue 06 · A small greenhouse run by one person.

Hello. You caught me at a good time.

Patrick growscompanies, films,neighborhoods & a few houseplants.

Twenty plus years of producing for film, video, and live broadcast. Co‑founded Iris MediaWorks. Now runs PTR & Co live‑streaming, executive‑produces at Be Electric in Bushwick, and serves on two nonprofit boards. Lives in Ditmas Park with his wife, two kids, and roughly fifty species of houseplants.

Right now Patrick is probably  
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Field guide entry No. 01

A producer, founder, and tinkerer who measures growth in seasons rather than quarters.

I'm Patrick. I make things that grow slowly and reliably, and I tend to keep tending them long after the launch. The work that's stuck around — Iris MediaWorks (16 years), Be Electric (since '16), The Tank — has all looked like that.

My first life was film. I co‑founded Iris MediaWorks in 2004 and spent sixteen years making product films and branded content for General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Sesame Workshop, and a long list of others. Somewhere in there I produced a few features and a Webby‑winning web series.

My second life is the broadcast booth. In 2020 I started PTR & Co for professional live streaming — multi‑cam, graphics overlays, multicast to wherever the audience lives. The same craft, just rehearsed less and aired live.

My third life happens off the clock. I serve on the boards of The Tank and the Ditmas Park West Neighborhood Association, ride bikes, raise two kids with my wife, and over‑water about fifty houseplants.

The bench · updated weekly

What's on the bench right now.

As of this week, May 2026 · Brooklyn

thriving
Cherry Lane Stream Kit
PTR & Co · Pro bono
A multi‑cam streaming rig for off‑Broadway. Cherry Lane first, then we'll see.↳ Show running 06.12
seedling
LittleBank v2
Side project · Fintech
Family banking for kids. Rebuilding the chore→pay flow this month.↳ Beta · 142 families
blooming
Anthurium 'Crystallinum'
South‑facing window · 4 yrs
First inflorescence in a year. Split it last month. Two new pots survived.↳ One available to a good home

Long‑rooted things

Where I've put down roots.

Three jobs over twenty‑two years. The pattern: build it, stay with it.

2020 —now

PTR & Co

Founder · Live‑streaming production

A live‑streaming company for events of all kinds. Receive video from existing camera crews, switch cameras, overlay graphics, and multicast anywhere — Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, custom destinations. Cinematic broadcast, on a film‑production foundation.

ptrandco.com →
Recent productions
Saks Fifth AvenueVaynerMediaUnited NationsNorthwell HealthCherry Lane
2016 —now

Be Electric Studios

Executive Producer

A full‑service production facility in Bushwick with 10+ sound stages, including curved LED walls for virtual production. Long‑form, short‑form, live, and virtual — under one roof.

beelectric.tv →
Producing for
The MothrepeatMDACLUFour SeasonsSpotify
2004 —2020

Iris MediaWorks

Co‑founder & Executive Producer

Sixteen years of video content strategy and production — product films, branded content, live interactive shows, event coverage — for startups, accelerators, publishers, and global brands.

irismediaworks.com →
Made work for
General ElectricHewlett PackardConsenSysSesame WorkshopBarclaysAllstateFisher‑PriceCasioWhistlePig

Cuttings · side projects propagating in water

Things I'm propagating.

Side projects in various stages of root development. Some will make it to soil; some are decorative.

In Soil · Growing
Year 2

LittleBank

A family banking app for kids and parents. Allowance, chores, savings goals — with rails that don't make a parent feel like a venture capitalist. Because parenting has enough hard problems; paying your kids shouldn't be one of them.

littlebank.io →
Fintech · Parenting
Rooted · Open Source
★ 16

NoLongerEvil

An open‑source Home Assistant integration that brings jailbroken Google Nest thermostats into the smart‑home ecosystem via the No Longer Evil API. Sixteen stars on GitHub and growing — small but mighty.

view on GitHub →
Python · Home Assistant
Seasonal · Local
Year 1

Stoop Sales

A community map of NYC stoop sales, garage sales, and estate sales happening this weekend. Because in Brooklyn, the best deals are always one block over — and worth the walk.

stoopsales.org →
Civic · Community
In Water · Rooting
Year 1

BTL Suite

Professional film‑production tools — budgeting, scheduling, screenwriting — at independent‑film prices. Indie filmmakers shouldn't have to pay studio prices for studio‑grade software.

btlsuite.com →
Film Tech · SaaS

The plot · neighborhood & civic

Where I show up for free.

Three places I give time to outside of work. The thread is the same: keep the soil good for the next round of growers.

40.769° N · Manhattan

The Tank

Treasurer · Board of Directors

An Obie Award–winning nonprofit theater in Manhattan that removes economic barriers for emerging artists. Twenty‑plus years in, The Tank has launched careers of Oscar and Pulitzer nominees across theater, comedy, dance, film, music, puppetry, and storytelling.

thetanknyc.org →
2,500+
Artists / year
1,000+
Performances / year
36k
Annual audience
40.643° N · Ditmas Park

Ditmas Park West Neighborhood Association

Board of Directors

A community organization in Brooklyn open to all residents. Bringing neighbors together to build a stronger, more connected block. Annual household dues are $15 — everyone's welcome.

ditmasparkwest.org →
260+
Trees planted
6+
Events / year
40.638° N · Dorchester Rd

Fix Dorchester

Community Collaborator

Working with neighbors to improve pedestrian safety on a particularly dangerous stretch of road in Brooklyn. Slow growth — but the kind that, eventually, saves a life.

fixdorchester.com →
1
Crossing fought for
∞
Patience required

Light & water

Let's talk.

A project, a collaboration, a board you think I'd be useful on, a houseplant question, a stoop sale you're throwing. Tell me a little.

Or directly:patrick@rousseau.nycPTR & CoGitHubLittleBank