Find out if you're eligible to work with Spotter: http://www.spotter.com/colinandsamir Dan's Bru Bars: https://www.houseofmacadamias.com/pages/bru 00:00 Who is Dan Mace? 02:04 When Casey first noticed Colin and Samir 03:25 Defining Dan’s videos 05:43 Creativity vs views 11:15 Ownership of your work for another channel 16:19 Auteurship in YouTube 21:32 The influence of Max Joseph 25:48 Dan’s filmmaking story 30:46 Gift, his award-winning short film 32:58 Cannes and Jams 37:21 His first commercial 41:26 Impostor syndrome 42:19 Meeting Casey Neistat 44:48 Directing a multi-million dollar commercial in India 46:09 Moving to NYC to work with Casey 48:19 Filming with Shawn Mendes 55:04 The impact of working with Casey 57:25 Pursuing his own YouTube channel 1:07:10 Discovery + The Bru Show 1:21:02 Attempting to make a feature 1:25:16 Stuck between YouTube and Hollywood 1:28:47 Renée Zelwegger is part of this conversation somehow 1:30:27 The decision to join Beast Philanthropy 1:42:25 Showing MrBeast his first cut 1:45:10 Dan’s POV on Beast Philanthropy controversies 1:48:53 What did it feel like to get the MrBeast job? 1:51:05 Almost leaving MrBeast 1:56:20 How do you know when you’ve made it? 2:01:03 Joe Films 2:02:35 What have you learned from Jimmy? 2:10:17 Editing the Beast Philanthropy videos 2:18:34 The story of the Bru Bar 2:21:35 The things he learned from Casey Neistat COLIN AND SAMIR’S NEWSLETTER 📫 90,000+ read our free newsletter that breaks down the business of creators. Sign up: https://bit.ly/publish-press ASK US A QUESTION ❔ We answer questions from creators every Sunday in our newsletter. Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/publish-creator-support LISTEN TO THE SHOW iTunes: https://apple.co/2K1pYhu Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OnTmBC GET IN TOUCH 🌍 Our website: www.colinandsamir.com 🌍 Work with us: ColinandSamirTeam@unitedtalent.com JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 📡 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/colinandsamir 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/colinandsamir 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColinandSamir 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colinandsamir ABOUT US We’re Colin and Samir, creators based out of Los Angeles California. We make videos about the creator economy, and the lessons we’ve learned over 10 years of being on YouTube. We also interview creators and try to get to the bottom of what’s working on YouTube and where the creator economy is headed.