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Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods

Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods... the podcast that honors the art of making movie trailers, teasers, key art, and all the strategic content that launched the movies, TV shows, and games you love.
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Episodes

Damon Wolf: Lionsgate, Knives Out, John Wick: Chapter 3, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones

Damon Wolf, Prez Worldwide Marketing at Lionsgate, leads on campaigns ranging from John Wick: Chapter 3 to Knives Out and Hitman’s Bodyguard. Before that, he was Co-Head of Marketing at TriStar and Screen Gems working on Baby Driver, Don’t Breathe, All the Money in the World, Trainspotting 2 and more. On the agency side, Wolf was partner at Fanthropology and Crew Creative where he worked on Harry Potter, The Matrix, Saw, Twilight, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bridesmaids, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones an...

Oct 28, 20191 hr 49 minEp. 18

Special: 2019 Clio Entertainment Awards Shortlist Show!

The first ever Clio Entertainment Shortlist announcement show, with a number of truly special guests from the industry including Ashley Sewell and Chad Miller from AV Squad, Jennie Wilkes from Netflix, Ashley Falls from Clio, Patrick Starr from Universal, Matt Bravmann from the Hollywood Reporter, and Kelly Adelman from Trailer Park.

Oct 23, 20191 hr 23 minEp. 17

Doug Brandt: Transformers, Kill Bill, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, Shutter Island

Doug Brandt owner of Monster Creative + Phantom Power has been editor, sound dsnr, graphic dsnr, music prod., crea, dir., + CEO. Doug became known at Ignition Creative for films such as Transformers, Spider-Man, Cloverfield, Kill Bill, and Shutter Island. Doug founded Industry Creative under the umbrella of The Ant Farm where he then became CEO, overseeing campaigns incl. Transformers, Mission Impossible, and Star Trek. Doug did Amazon Studios’ logo, bakes a mean cheesecake, + works with Michael...

Oct 21, 20191 hr 55 minEp. 16

Toddrick Spalding: Music Supervisor, Producer - Netflix, NBA, The Who

Toddrick Spalding co-founded c90 Music Supervision after fifteen years in music creative at entertainment marketing agencies Mob Scene, Trailer Park, mOcean and Cimarron. He's done award winning work for clients as diverse as Warner Bros, Netflix, Disney, Nike, the NBA, Levi’s, Microsoft, and has music supervised a handful of indie films and documentaries and has produced original music, covers and remixes for artists like The Who, T. Rex, Amon Tobin, Sharon Van Etten, Mimicking Birds and Conrad...

Oct 14, 20191 hr 10 minEp. 15

Oren Aviv: Toy Story, National Treasure, The Narnia films

Oren Aviv was the long time President of Marketing and Production at Disney; was Pres. Marketing and CMO at 20th Century Fox; and was the first film executive at STX where he was the President & Chief Content Officer; responsible for marketing so many great films from Toy Story to the Incredibles, Pirates of the Carribean to the Narnia films, and more recently Bad Moms and Molly’s Game. He is even the producer of several films such as the National Treasure franchise.

Oct 07, 20192 hr 10 minEp. 14

Jake Zim: Spider-Man: Homecoming, Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son

Jake Zim is a leader in developing innovation-based solutions and businesses in the ent industry. As SVP Virtual Reality at Sony Pictures, Jake Zim oversees global VR production and strategy for the motion picture group. He's led the dvlpmt of VR experiences incl Spider-Man: Homecoming, Can You Walk The Walk, and Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son. The LA Times calls Zim "the first VR czar at a major studio." Jake's team is a 3x winner of the Lumiere award for Best Achievement in VR, Film and T...

Oct 03, 20191 hr 41 minEp. 13

Ross Patterson and Tristan Drew: The New Guy, Drinkin Bros, Ross Patterson Revolution

Ross Patterson is an American actor, a NY Times best selling author and one of the world's leading podcasters heard on Drinkin Bros and the Ross Patterson Revolution. He has appeared in over 20 films including The New Guy, Accepted, and the 2006 Sundance film The Darwin Awards. Tristan Drew is a film producer and was the founder, partner and exec producer of A Common Thread, a film and commercial production company.

Sep 30, 20192 hrEp. 12

Michael McIntyre: Marvel, FX Network, Time Code, Snatch, 8 Mile

Michael McIntyre co-founded MOCEAN in 2000. Under his leadership, MOCEAN evolved from a boutique design shop in Venice, Ca to a full-service marketing agency, creating award-winning campaigns for global entertainment brands. He takes pride in shaping the company's twofold working environment: a breeding ground for innovative ideas and a thriving space for employees to create. MOCEAN was named 2019 PROMAX North American Agency of the Year and 2018 CLIO Entertainment Agency of the Year....

Sep 23, 20191 hr 31 minEp. 11

Special Episode: Alec McNayr Historical Tweets, McBeard Media, WarnerMedia, Otter Media

Alec McNayr is EVP Mktg and Communications at Otter Media, a digital entertainment co. and division of WarnerMedia. He previously co-founded McBeard, a social media agency that created campaigns for the world's most popular entertainment companies. McBeard was acquired by Fullscreen in 2015, and through Alec's leadership, his teams did over 600 successful campaigns. He's author of the best-selling book Historical Tweets, rec'd his degree in Business from Pepperdine and lives in LA with his wife ...

Sep 19, 20191 hr 48 minEp. 10

Eric Archer Terminator: Dark Fate, A Quiet Place, Sin City, Chicago

Eric Archer, Creative Director at Create Advertising where he just recently cut the Terminator:Dark Fate trailer, came into prominence as an editor at the Ant Farm where he cut trailers for Chicago, Sin City, Babel, Memoirs of a Geisha and Across the Universe. At Ignition as an editor and Creative Director, he worked on campaigns for A Quiet Place, the Transformers movies, Cowboys and Aliens and The Intern and has worked closely with filmmakers such as Nancy Meyers and Jon Favreau....

Sep 16, 20191 hr 27 minEp. 9

Maria Pekurovskaya: Wicked, Despicable Me, Good Boys, Bridesmaids, Fifty Shades, 1917

Maria is EVP of Crea. Advertising at Universal, responsible for campaigns for Despicable Me, the Fifty Shades franchise, Atomic Blonde, Snow White and the Huntsman, Bridesmaids and many more. She's won multiple Clio awards such as Best In Shows for Steve Jobs and for Ray. Maria's a member of Academy and supports various charities incl Hilarity for Charity and A Place Called Home. She's looking forward to working on Sam Mendes’s 1917, Dolittle with Robert Downey Jr and the upcoming film version o...

Sep 09, 20191 hr 22 minEp. 8

Special Episode: Loic Zimmermann VFX on Guardians of the Galaxy, Maleficent, Godzilla

Loic Zimmermann's contribution as Art Director/CD in VFX can be seen in numerous films: Godzilla: King of Monsters, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Guardians of the Galaxy, Harry Potter and more. Of note as a filmmaker: his 1st documentary "Gamma Wray," "A Solitary Mann" won Best Feature at LA Underground, his feature "Alligator Pear" is in pre-production, a SciFi animation project "Vegas" is in development, and LARRY (Yust Explains) his new documentary is on the festival circuit - in NY, Berlin, ...

Sep 05, 20191 hr 28 minEp. 7

Smitty: Home Alone, Avatar, Jurassic World

Smitty heads InSync PLUS whose clients incl virtually every major studio, tv and streaming network. Frmrly Exec VP of Marketing at Fox, he lead creative adv. on Alien 3, My Cousin Vinnie, Last of the Mohicans and more. He's helped create campaigns for Avatar, Jurassic World, Ted, Despicable Me, Midnight in Paris, Star Trek, Home Alone and many more. Smitty is a member of the Academy and has won over 40 Clio Awards and many Golden Trailers. He also co-founded South Street, a Philly cheese steak p...

Sep 02, 20191 hr 5 minEp. 6

Tim Nett: Men in Black, Dumb and Dumber, Austin Powers

Tim Nett has worked for every major studio and most tv networks. In 1994 he co-founded Trailer Park and was CEO until 2008. At TP he worked on campaigns for Austin Powers, Borat, Cars, Men in Black and many more. Tim also co-founded the post-production company Picture Head in 2001. In 2013, he became partner at The Propeller Group and created the ent. advertising division which works with Disney, Disney+ Universal Studios, and MIT. Tim also sits on the board of SeaChange Ocean Solutions and Kiss...

Aug 26, 20191 hr 24 minEp. 5

Tommy Gargotta PART 2: The Amazing Spider Man, Austin Powers, District 9

In Part 2 of our chat with Tommy Gargotta—longtime President of Worldwide Creative Advertising at Sony Pictures and, more recently, EVP Creative Marketing at Fox Broadcasting—we discuss Tommy’s rise through the ranks at Trailer Park as a trailer editor and creative director before ultimately heading to the studio side to oversee marketing campaigns for some of the most successful movies of the past 25 years, including District 9 , Austin Powers and The Amazing Spider-Man ....

Aug 26, 201934 minEp. 4

Barbara Glazer: Lord of the Rings, Kill Bill, Pirates of the Caribbean

On this episode, Barbara Glazer, co-founder of the Ant Farm, widely known for their campaigns for Lord of the Rings , The 6th Sense , Pirates of the Caribbean and many more. In 2000, Barbara co-founded Picture Head, a leading post-production company that works in all areas and formats of post-production. Barbara’s a member of the Academy, continues to consult as a creative exec at various studios and is Board Chair for the non-profit organization A Place Called Home....

Aug 12, 20191 hr 9 minEp. 2

Tommy Gargotta: The Amazing Spider Man, Austin Powers, District 9

In this episode, we hear from Tommy Gargotta, the long time President of Worldwide Creative Advertising at Sony Pictures and more recently EVP Creative Marketing at Fox Broadcasting. The conversation takes us from Tommy's humble beginnings, growing up in the rock n' roll scene on the Sunset Strip, shifting careers to the trailer industry, becoming literally the very first employee at Trailer Park when that company first started, and rising through the ranks as a trailer editor, creative director...

Aug 05, 201946 minEp. 1

Introducing "Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods"

The podcast that honors the art of making trailers, teasers, key art and all the strategic content that launched the movies, TV shows and games that you love.

Jul 25, 201930 sec
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