Dylan O'Byrne
Contributing Producer, Film & Music
Dylan is a working Nashville musician and TV Intelligentsia's person in the room when the festival is in town. He covers the music documentaries, the Creators Conference, and the film-and-music lane, and his field reporting carries his name wherever a piece is built on what he saw.
What he covers
- Music documentariesA working musician's read on films about musicians, from the stage to the studio.
- Festival field reportingScreenings, Q&As, and conference sessions at the Nashville Film Festival, under TVI's Festival Receipt method: a first pass written before the Q&A, and every quote sourced.
- Nashville's creative economyThe Creators Conference, the city's animation studios, and the people building film and music here.
- Game and film scoringNotes for TVI's game-intelligence lane.
Current assignment
Dylan is covering the 57th Nashville Film Festival (September 24 to 30, 2026) as accredited press for TV Intelligentsia: The Lorraine with Sam Pollard and Alvin Hall, Songs from the Circle, The Wingfeather Saga, and the Creators Conference. Read the festival guide.
Find him
- Instagram@dylanobtoo
- TikTok@dylanobyrne
- FacebookDylanobtoo
- YouTube@Dylanobtoo
Scope and boundaries
Dylan reports what he saw and heard. TVI publishes scores only after a full viewing under its published methodology, so a field dispatch or capsule built on his reporting carries no score. Where a piece is built on something only he saw, it carries his name; where an editor writes from his reporting, it is credited to him.
For attribution or source questions about Dylan's reporting.
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