Tricia Brouk and ‘Right Livelihood: A Journey to Here’
Our indie filmmaker of the day is the incredibly talented Tricia Brouk. The multi-hat-wearing artist will be in Los Angeles between June 20th – 27th, 2019 at Laemmle in NOHO for the feature run of her documentary short Right Livelihood: A Journey to Here – winner of Best Documentary Short at The Olympus Film Festival. Right Livelihood Trailer Approved for Most Audiences from Tricia Brouk on Vimeo. Right Livelihood: A Journey to Here centers around Justin Von Bujdoss, a Buddhist Chaplain at Rikers Island who is changing the culture around spiritual care. His mission is to hold space for the inmates at one of the world’s toughest prisons. He also teaches meditation to the correction officers who work in this challenging environment. The film has already won three awards: Best Documentary Short from the Olympus Film Festival, Award of Merit from the IndieFEST in La Jolla, and Winner at The Global Indie Festival. Tricia is a multihyphenate who runs many businesses. Through her many ventures, she enables people to be seen & heard. She works to help people monetize their platforms, share their messages, and change the world. Tricia’s life purpose is to cultivate strong, successful entrepreneurs. Within theater, film, and television she is an award-winning director, writer, and choreographer. Outside the entertainment industry, she’s an expert at public speaking. Tricia is also the executive producer of Speakers Who Dare and a TEDx producer. She curates and hosts the Speaker Salon in NYC and The Big Talk (an award-winning podcast on iTunes), and directs & produces the new TV series The Big Talk Over Dinner. Tricia’s work has been featured on Black Box for ABC, The Affair for Showtime, and Rescue Me on FOX as well as in Lasse Hallstrom’s The Hoax with Richard Gere. She has worked closely with Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, Eddie Izzard, Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Kelly Reilly, Famke Janssen, and her dear friend, the late James Gandolfini.
The Big Talk Academy and Speaker Training Programs
Tricia Brouk serves as CEO and founder of The Big Talk Academy, the flagship program that now anchors her entrepreneurial work. Signature courses focus on world-class communication and leadership skills, guiding high-performing professionals toward thought leadership through authentic storytelling techniques. Live events and online training modules remain active through 2025, providing structured pathways for participants who want to scale their messages and build sustainable businesses. The academy structure reflects Brouk’s long-standing goal of helping people monetize platforms while maintaining clarity and presence on stage.
Recent Publications and Thought Leadership
Brouk has expanded her reach as a published author and strategic advisor, participating in multiple 2024 and 2025 interviews on leadership and communication practices. Her conversations often center on presence, compassion, and wise communication as essential tools for the next generation of leaders. In advisory roles she assists established thought leaders with constructing million-dollar businesses, translating stage experience into concrete revenue strategies. These newer contributions build on her earlier public speaking expertise and extend her influence beyond the 2019 documentary cycle.
Additional Film Projects
While Right Livelihood: A Journey to Here remains a highlighted entry on her official filmography, Brouk has directed or produced several projects since the short’s initial festival run. You’re Gorgeous, I Love Your Shirt earned recognition at the Awareness Film Festival for its handling of bullying and mental health themes. Involvement in the Big Stages documentary appears in later career profiles, and her maintained filmography lists multiple completed works across documentary and narrative formats. These credits demonstrate a continued commitment to visual storytelling alongside her speaking and training programs.
Speaking Engagements and Public Appearances
Brouk continues to appear at live events and summits that extend the reach of her communication training. She is scheduled as a speaker at the Revive and Thrive Empowerment Summit in 2025, maintaining the curatorial approach first seen with the Speaker Salon in New York. Additional honors such as the Empowered Woman Award in 2021 and Top Director recognition in 2019 sit alongside ongoing festival and stage work. These appearances keep her in direct contact with audiences seeking practical tools for public speaking and leadership development.
Additional awards for Right Livelihood: A Journey to Here have surfaced in later profiles, including recognition from the Los Angeles Movie Awards, while the film continues to be featured on Brouk’s official filmography as a defining early project. The Big Talk podcast remains active across Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and additional platforms, shifting from the original iTunes framing to a broader distribution model that still centers storytelling and public speaking interviews. Career descriptions now foreground The Big Talk Academy as the primary current venture, with the strategic advisor role providing a clear through-line from her 2019 entrepreneurial focus to present-day work. Tricia Brouk’s multi-hyphenate identity continues to evolve through these updated channels while preserving the core mission of enabling others to be seen and heard.
