Founded in 1979, Intralink was a force in entertainment advertising for over 30 years contributing to the marketing of such films as E.T., The Color Purple, Rain Man, Thelma & Louise, The Da Vinci Code, the Batman movies and many more. It is also where some of the greatest contributors to the industry got their start. Anthony’s and Intralink’s impact on the art and the industry as a whole is indelible and lives on.
Founded in 1979, Intralink was a force in entertainment advertising for over 30 years contributing to the marketing of such films as E.T., The Color Purple, Rain Man, Thelma & Louise, The Da Vinci Code, the Batman movies and many more. It is also where some of the greatest contributors to the industry got their start. Anthony’s and Intralink’s impact on the art and the industry as a whole is indelible and lives on.
Stephanie Allen started in NYC at Rolling Stone Mag. as Assoc. Photo Editor. She went on to Tri-Star as Dir. of Advertising, and then promoted to VP of Creative Adv. In her career, she also worked at Seiniger Advertising, Orion and Digital Pulp. In 2000, Stephanie relocated to L.A. to join Fox Searchlight as the SVP Crea. Adv. and New Media, having worked on Slumdog Millionaire, Sideways, Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Napoleon Dynamite, I Heart Huckabees, Thirteen, Garden State, Crazy Heart and ma...
Wayne Watson, Creative Dir. and President of Ignition Creative, initially wrote a long winded 6 paragraph bio overusing words like “passion” and “inspiration”. Remembering his humble beginnings as a trailer editor, he realized he needed to get it down to “time” and wrote a simple paragraph… For over 15 years, he’s worked across the entertainment spectrum in every genre, platform and style. He loves music, film, working on great projects and collaborating with a team of extremely talented people....
Ryan Hegenberger is the owner of Big Picture Ent, the “creative, talented, obsessed” trailer shop that’s worked with Disney, Dreamworks, Focus, Fox Sports, Happy Madison, Hulu, Lionsgate, Netflix, NFL Network, Paramount, Searchlight Sony Pictures, Universal, Warner Brothers and YouTube among others. Ryan came to Hollywood by way of Clemson where he played D1 football. He started in the trailer industry with the legendary Intralink Film alongside several other trailer geeks and teaser gods....
Adam Fogelson, Chairman STXfilms. Currently Leading all aspects of film production, marketing, distribution and home entertainment. Former Chairman of Universal Pictures, Adam was involved in films including, Ted, Bridesmaids, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Purge, Les Miserables, Despicable Me 1 and 2, and Fast and Furious 5 and 6.
After re-defining video game advertising and co-founding the first-ever ad agency of its kind, Lisa has spent the last few years helping startups across multiple business categories achieve their dreams. She is currently pursuing her own passion as co-founder of Foodocracy. Long time foodie and supporter of the sustainable food movement, Lisa along with her partner Deep Silver, launched the non-profit organization to help small batch food companies grow and expand their reach. Foodocracy is dedi...
Tamara Krinsky hosts Science Channel’s TOMORROW’S WORLD TODAY, now streaming on Amazon Prime. A correspondent for Marvel, she co-hosts the live broadcasts of Marvel Studios’ World Premiere Red Carpet shows. Tamara is a co-founder of Scirens, a creative team focused on making science-infused entertainment. SCIRENS SHOW streams on YouTube & IGTV. Fave acting/VO adventures: STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, Disney Jr’s SOFIA THE FIRST + FLASH FORWARD podcast, and theater projects with Antaeus Theater C...
Selling pictures since 7th grade, Rick eventually transformed from illustrator to Art Director, first at Pacific Eye and Ear, A tour of duty at Seineger advertising, then Spiros, which morphed into DAZU, then Going on 30 years at BLT with Dawn and Clive and a team of amazing artists.
Jeff Elefterion is a seasoned creative storyteller who’s had the privilege of working with some of the most innovative filmmakers, collaborative marketers and generous human beings in entertainment. From leading the creative campaigns on 9 best picture nominated films in a row yielding 3 wins, to sinking his teeth into genre defining franchises, his passion for all things movies and TV continues to drive his desire to draw others into each of those cinematic and compelling worlds.
Barbara Glazer, Tommy Gargotta, and Damon Wolf with a candid yet hopeful message for the community. Recorded March 19, 2020
Joe Dante, beloved director, producer and editor, started with Roger Corman's company as in-house trailer editor, the same company where filmmakers Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Jonathan Demme, John Sayles and many others got their start. Dante worked his way up to edit features, and then direct and produce his own films. He went on to make cult classics The Howling as well as widely popular movies including Gremlins, The Burbs, Innerspace, Expolorers, Matinee, Loo...
Brilliant. Strategic. Bold. Humble. Three of these words describe Peter Adee. The guy who led the marketing efforts at several studios created countless campaigns that still resonate. He doesn’t need you to know he’s funny as hell, but he won’t deny it. It’s part of the charm. So is the way he helped so many achieve so much. He’s an original as these stories attest.
Proclaimed by the LA Times as the "Trailer Titan" and placed on Entertainment Weekly's Top Creative People in Hollywood "It" List, Bob Israel has had an extraordinary career in entertainment. His achievements include producing blockbuster films that launched major careers, creating the longest running movie advertising agency in Hollywood, and overseeing the prestigious star-studded Key Art Award shows. Along with Ron Moler, Bob is the Co-Founder and former CEO-Creative Director of Aspect Ratio....
Matt Bravmann is a marketing guru currently with The Hollywood Reporter as Marketing Director, Film/TV. Matt started his career as a Marketing Intern with ESPN before moving on to help develop Marketing and Social media strategies for The New York Mets, WWE, Shindig, and Brigade, an award winning, full-service entertainment digital marketing & publicity agency, before landing at The Hollywood Reporter. Matt is also an accomplished musician, singer/songwriter, and piano player with a love for...
Ron Moler Ron started his career at the young age of 13 shooting surf movies with his mother’s movie camera. They weren’t very good but it set the hook. Ron Graduated from the Cal State Fullerton University film department. First Job CBS Television, Television City. Worked his way up to promo editor. After freelancing around for a couple of years he started Aspect Ratio with Bob Israel. Ultimately after 20 years of hard work they became the largest of the motion picture advertising agencies. Not...
Loren Schwartz is one of the most successful, versatile genre entertainment marketing executives in the business. For over 20 years he has had huge success in charge of marketing and creative for both big studio and independent studio divisions at Sony Pictures, Screen Gems, Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox. As well as working with some of Hollywood’s biggest talents. Some of his successes include the movies Breakthrough , Heaven is for Real, Big Daddy, Superbad, Pineapple Express, The Vow, ...
Christine G. Birch is the CEO of THE ROYGBIV COLLECTIVE. Christine immigrated to the US from the island of Jamaica at the age of 3. As a young girl, she taught herself to read & write before Kindergarten, resulting in her declaring the entire experience a waste of time & skipping it entirely. Since then, she has been on an incredible odyssey through the American Dream via its most famous educational, cultural & business institutions. Heavily influenced by her Jamaican father’s wisdom...
When he’s not rocking out on stage, doing book readings or ripping through the canyons in his car, Brett is busy leading an incredibly talented team of editors, producers, writers and motion graphic designers, making cool marketing materials for all the major studios, networks and streaming services as Partner and creative director at The Refinery AV. He has over 25 years of experience writing, producing and editing for every avenue and has worked in every facet of the industry, from network to ...
Dawn Baillie is a founding partner of BLT Communications, an entertainment marketing agency employing over 200 passionate artists, strategists, and technologists. For more than 25 years, BLT has created award-winning campaigns for hundreds of film, television, streaming, and Broadway productions. In addition to numerous Clio Entertainment and Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards (including Best Poster of the Past 35 Years for Silence of the Lambs), Dawn was also honored with the inaugural Saul Bass...
Creatively and fiscally responsible for over 1,000 theatrical trailers, corporate product reels, TV and radio campaigns. Jim created unique advertising for some of the most highly successful motion pictures of all time, including ET The Extraterrestrial, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Amadeus, The Color Purple, Crocodile Dundee, The Big Chill, and Home Alone. Formerly Executive VP of Creative Advertising for Paramount Pictures, Jim now works as a consultant with numerous studios and indie film m...
Mark joined Kaleidoscope Films in 1985 as General Manager before taking over the role of Senior VP. Mark left Kaleidoscope in 1996 to join Aspect Ratio, an award winning Creative Advertising agency that provides strategic marketing solutions across all entertainment platforms. Mark was first hired as Co-President, before becoming President and eventually was named President and CEO. Mark left Aspect in 2012 to pursue freelance writing and consulting work. Notable campaigns include Django Unchain...
GOOD NEWS FOR LATE BLOOMERS. JOHN LONG’S CAREER PROVES YOU DON’T NEED A CLEAR PATH OR PLAN. JOHN STARTED IN THE INDUSTRY IN HIS 30s, CO-FOUNDED A COMPANY IN HIS LATE 40s AND, 15 YEARS LATER, IS STILL EXCITED AND CURIOUS. SINCE STARTING BUDDHA JONES IN 2005, JOHN AND CO-OWNER DAN ASMA HAVE BUILT A TEAM THAT’S CREATED AWARD-WINNING WORK ACROSS THE INDUSTRY INCLUDING ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, IT 2, READY PLAYER ONE, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THE HANGOVER, KUNG FU PANDA A...
Ask Chris Carlisle about his passion for breaking barriers in entertainment and media, and you will get stories of transformation—innovative business models, award-winning marketing campaigns,and breakthrough programming concepts that have continued to redefine the industry. A differentiating strength throughout his career is the depth and breadth of Chris’s experience across platforms. From broadcast and basic cable TV to theatrical releases and production studios, he has consistently been soug...
In 1977 Clive graduated from the London College of Printing and Graphic Arts (now London College of Communication) with a BA in Graphic Design. The experience he gained in London as a designer eventually bought him to Los Angeles in 1985 so he could pursue a career in the entertainment industry. After beginning at Cannon Films he went on to work at B. D. Fox, Seiniger Advertising (where he met his future wife Dawn), and then DAZU, where he and Dawn worked together with Rick Lynch. In 1992 Clive,...
Jackson George, SVP of Creative Advertising at Disney, has worked in motion picture advertising for over 20 years and has been with Disney since 2012. Jackson has been named to AdAge’s annual 40 Under 40 list, and has won many Key Art, Golden Trailer, & Clio awards. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. At Disney, Jackson has guided the creative marketing campaigns for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, Malefi...
Michael Blackburn is the Executive Creative Director of AV at Concept Arts where he recently oversaw the creation of Trailers and TV spots for the last two Spider-Man movies. His love for all things editorial has led him on a career filled with twists. He worked in the Netherlands cutting international trailers, he cut a feature film in Moscow, and followed his heart to San Francisco where he accidentally worked for the Mafia. As an Editor he cut for Ant Farm, Ignition Creative, CMP and directly...
David Sameth started out on the vendor side with Intralink and Seiniger Bloom. He then led Creative Advertising for Universal (Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Field Of Dreams, Do The Right Thing) where he also created the in house trailer group. He was then at DreamWorks ( Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, Anchorman, The Ring, Shrek) followed by Disney where he headed Marketing for all Pixar and Disney Animation films including Frozen, Inside Out, Zootopia, Finding Dory, and Coco. His most recent...
Michael Greenfeld is a Co-founder of Picture Head Holdings, which owns Picture Head, Formosa Group, Picture Shop, Finale Vancouver and The Farm in London. Along with his partners they have expanded Picture Head Holdings from a small boutique post facility to a leader in the post production field, offering a vast array of services for motion pictures, television, video games, streaming and commercials. As former Co-CEO and founder of the Ant Farm, Greenfeld built one of the world’s largest and mo...
As EVP Crea. Adv. for Universal, Patrick has overseen successful campaigns incl JURASSIC WORLD, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, TED & PITCH PERFECT. Prior to Uni, he worked at Fox Searchlight, where he created award-winning campaigns for BLACK SWAN, SLUMDOG MILIONAIRE, JUNO & LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. Patrick started at HBO where he worked on THE SOPRANOS, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM & THE WIRE, winning awards for his work on these Series, and for his work on HBO Films, Sports and Comedy & Live Eve...
