Patrick Brzeski
Asia bureau chief, The Hollywood Reporter
About Speaker
Originally from the American Midwest, Patrick Brzeski has been based in the Asia-Pacific region as a business and culture reporter since 2007. After a period of freelancing for the Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Time and others, he joined The Hollywood Reporter as an Asia-based correspondent and online editor in 2012. In 2015, Patrick was named THR's Asia bureau chief, tasked with managing the magazine's coverage of the boom in cross-border investment between China and Hollywood. In 2017, he won the Southern California Journalism Award for best personality profile. Current areas of reporting include the shifting dynamics in U.S.-China film trade, South Korea's high-flying creative industry, Japan's resurgent anime business, and the role of Asia in the growth prospects of global streaming services. Patrick is based in Tokyo.