Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods

It was so cool to get to hang out with Chris Daniel, the Senior Vice President of Marketing at LionsGate. Prior to LionsGate, Chris led 360 marketing campaigns on some of Netflix's biggest films such as Red Notice, Glass Onion, Dayshift, To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Dolemite Is My Name, and Over The Moon. Previously, he edited and produced trailers, digital-social, and brand campaigns a...

Bill Neil has only continued his remarkable run as one of the trailer industry's most dedicated creatives whose passion for his craft persists. So we figured it was worth re-sharing this conversation we had with the trailer maestro...   Bill Neil, editor/producer at Buddha Jones, is often regarded as one of the leading trailer editors of all time, in particular for his work in horror, but really a...

Tommy Malatesta's name gets brought up so often on this program, we thought it'd be good to share this conversation again, just in case you missed it...    Tommy "Pitt" Malatesta, Editor/Producer at AV Squad (and now Partner/co-Head of AV), is doing some of the most ground-breaking work being done today. You'll notice he's very quick to talk about all the other incredibly creative people that are...

In this edition of TG&TG, we're joined by Jonathan Parks, founder and executive producer, and David Diaz, director of marketing at ALIBI Music . We cover the creative realm of trailer music, sound design, and the duo's professional backgrounds and career journeys. We also tackle the intricate aspects of music licensing, industry strikes, the changing face of creative advertising, and the increasin...

In this special episode, we unveil the story behind the Golden Trailer Awards , and Monica Brady and Evelyn Brady-Watters' journey from starting this industry staple to the ups and downs that have been traversed in recent years. Monica and Evy share their unique backgrounds in film and commercial production and the inception of the Golden Trailer Awards. This conversation also covers their challen...

Ben Brown, the VP Head of Film at Zealot , has worked with some of the most talented editors, graphic designers, producers, and music supervisors in the business. He started at Aspect Ratio as an Associate Producer, then moved on to AV Squad where he spent nearly a decade working his way up to Creative Director. A multiple Clio and Golden Trailer award winner, Ben's worked on many exciting campaig...

Scott Edwards is the EVP of Fox Creative Advertising where he oversees the "formula-free process" of creating the campaigns from first-look trailers, launch promos, current-show episodics, key art one sheets or billboards, custom social content, and anything else on the horizon to help ignite hits such as 9-1-1 LONESTAR, ACCUSED, BOB'S BURGERS, THE CLEANING LADY, CRIME SCENE KITCHEN, FAMILY GUY, K...

In this edition, we have a rock star in the making, Matthew Zuckerman , trailer editor at X/AV , who's already finished some of the coolest pieces over the last few years including Furiosa , House of the Dragon Black and Green trailers, Sexy Beast , Memory and so much more The conversation dives into his approach to editorial; his journey from studying at Columbia College Chicago to getting a shot...

We've got the team that brought you the CALL OF DUTY, ASSASSINS CREED and BATMAN ARKHAM TRILOGY campaigns and so much more! That's David Wilson, Executive Producer / Co-Head of Immersive Media at Aspect (Los Angeles); Ryan Vickers, Co-Head of Games at Aspect; and Ashley Vong, Games Producer at Aspect and Women in Games Ambassador.   It's been so cool to track with folks like Ryan Vickers and David...

Trailers, Indie Film and AI... plus Special Shoots with FX, MAX and more!   This conversation, we did a deep dive with the Chief Creative Officer of Mocean , Greg Harrison . You'll hear us delight in the art of mixing the perfect Sazerac; what it's like to be onset with the likes of Ben Stiller, Larry David, John Oliver, Samantha Bee, John Travolta and how Greg got some good acting out of LeBron J...

We were joined on this episode by Peter Stark, the Head of Print at AV Squad, and Brian Lauzon, the Creative Director there at AV Print .   Peter shares about how one goes from serving in the Peace Corps to running print at one of the most successful shops in the business. Brian gives us a glimpse at how a guy could get from Buttzville, NJ (jk, he's actually from Long Valley, NJ - Buttzville was j...

We brought in three industry heavyweights Kenny Gravillis, Dawn Baillie, and Noël Claro to discuss a collaboration between Netflix and Otis College of Art and Design. ACCESS was launched to help historically underrepresented students unlock their "peak potential and shape the future of entertainment marketing." We also explore Noël, Kenny and Dawn's respective careers and views on the industry, un...

In this much anticipated conversation, we had the joy of sitting down with Dwight Caines, President of Domestic Marketing for Universal Pictures. With a career that evolved from being an aspiring scriptwriter to high-profile marketing roles, Dwight generously shares about his personal and professional experiences and what he learned along the way that helped shape his success in the industry. We d...

Joined on this episode by Ben Snyder, the owner, chief creative officer and editor of Rogue Planet . So of course we talk about some of Ben's killer work such as  LOGAN   BUMBLEBEE and  TETRIS ...among others. We also talk about the early part of this brilliant creative's career like getting a shot from Goktug Sarioz and learning from Skip Chaisson. Ben was also super candid about learning from hi...

We're joined on this episode by Darnell Brisco, Patricio Hoter and Drea Althoff of BOND . Darnell is the EVP of Growth; Patricio is Creative Dir. in A/V; and Drea is SVP, Creative Dir. in Print.    We got many nuggets of wisdom and heard a ton of passion for the work. We discussed What it means to be "unanimously collaborative" to create the best cut, the best comp or arrive at the best idea; How...

This is a special Twenty Thousand Hertz presentation of THE BOOJ STRIKES BACK!   This episode was written and produced by Abigail Barr . In the 80s and 90s, movie trailers were ruled by "voice-of-God" narrators who used stock phrases like, "In a world…" Today, movie studios have a different trick up their sleeves: epic sound design. In this episode, Professor James Deaville explains the history of...

Dallas Taylor is the host and creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz , a lovingly crafted podcast revealing the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. Dallas is also the Creative Director of Defacto Sound , where he has led thousands of high-profile projects ranging from blockbuster trailers and advertising campaigns to Sundance award-winning films and major television seri...

We were fortunate to be joined by Senior Global Marketing Executive Dana Flowers and Writer, Producer, Marketer Kelly Turner for this discussion. And yeah, it was dopetey f'in' dope!   We talked about how Dana, Kelly and others are helping the industry evolve to be more representative of the diverse audiences this industry markets to; who's doing good work and leading the way in this regard; what...

Who better to have our first one-on-one after the long hiatus? HELEN AHN , of course! Coming off of her well-deserved Clio Entertainment Impact Award , Helen came back on the show to discuss Mentorship (and whether there's a better word for that); How our best work is still in us - "I don't know if I could have done that until this very day;" Her passion to leave a lasting legacy, specifically in...

For today's panel discussion, we were joined by three leaders from Ignition Creative , Jaclyn Thomas, SVP AV and Creative Director; Dhruv Kumar, Assoc. Creative Dir. and Sr. Editor; and Eric Breshears, Creative Dir. of Print; (with a cameo from Wayne Watson, Pres. and Exec. CD) to have a candid conversation about how we're all doing. We've all been through a lot as an industry, collectively and in...

We're Baa-aaack... It's been a minute! A little longer than we first planned. But we're glad to be back with the next chapter of Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods.  Host and Exec. Producer, Corey Nathan hops on to say hello again and to give a rundown on the exciting new direction the program will be going including panel discussions on topics folks in entertainment advertising care about, subscriber...

Sean Uyeoka, Editor at Aspect, arrived on the scene with quite a splash with a BLACK MASS teaser that garnered so much industry recognition that he finished when he was still an assistant. Since then, Sean hasn't looked back having gone on to contribute to a diverse range of other top notch pieces such as trailers for ANNABELLE CREATION, MOXIE, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, FIVE FEET APART, CAPTAIN UNDERPA...

In Part 2 of our convo with David Kim, Sr. Editor at Zealot, we talk some more about his time with Transit and the great team there; Helen and David get into some spirited debates about k-pop; we go deep on some more projects including PARASITE, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE and TEA WITH THE DAMES; David shares about what makes Zealot's culture so great; and then we talk some more k-pop!

This is Part 1 of our 2 part conversation with David Kim, Senior Editor at Zealot. David has done such a diverse range of work from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Willoughbys , from Central Intelligence to I, Tonya ; New Order , Parasite , Hacks   and so many more. We discuss growing up in SoCal, how much of a hero his mom is, how he spent time in other jobs before he ever got into the traile...