Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods

Angel Mendoza, the Director of Music at AV Squad, is arguably the soul of some of the greatest collaborations in the history of the trailer business. Check out some great pieces such as the  No Country for Old Men  red band trailer, the  42  trailer with  Brooklyn We Go Hard,  all the  Fast & Furious  campaigns of recent years, or  Creed, John Wick 3, The Witch, Hereditary, Climax  and  Free Guy  ...

The great summit of Nerds & Geeks! Today's episode is with 2 of the hosts of the Nerd On! podcast "...where ALL LEVELS OF NERD (and geek) ARE WELCOME!" It is a weekly comedy, pop-culture podcast, in which a group of nerds in LA hangout, joke, analyze, discuss, and laugh about all things nerd! From comic books to film and everything in between, the Nerd On crew tackles it all. Two of the hosts Josh...

Michael Kahane is one of the original rock star editors of the modern trailer industry and went on to co-found Mojo which he ran for about 12 years before starting Carve with Markus Wernig in 2012. Some of his greatest hits include To Live and Die in L.A., Driving Miss Daisy, Field of Dreams, Glory, Jerry Maguire, Saving Private Ryan, Almost Famous, Terminal, W, Precious, and The Hunger Games amon...

Originally a "theatre geek" Destiny Esposito has carved out a career in entertainment marketing as an editor, producer, creative director and now EVP Creative Advertising at Paramount. Des has a 20+ year track record of designing and executing successful motion picture, television, online content, home entertainment, and Broadway creative marketing efforts. SpongeBob, Crawl, Incredibles 2, Coco, M...

Mike Southerly is an award winning creative executive and creative director with over 20 years in the industry working on both sides of the marketing world, most recently a long stint as EVP Creative Advertising at Fox and Creative Director at Concept Arts. Dumb and Dumber, Austin Powers, Not Another Teen Movie, The Simpsons Movie, Marley and Me and Percy Jackson are just a few of the many campaig...

Michele Bell, SVP W'wide Creative Services for Paramount Home Entertainment, leads creative adv. for DVD package + menu design + print, broadcast, VOD + Internet advertising. Prior to Para., Michele was VP Crea. Services Home Ent. at Universal. Before that, she rose through the ranks at New Line to VP Crea. Adv. Home Ent. Just a few highlight campaigns incl Dumb & Dumber, Se7en, Scarface, E.T. 20t...

Matt Brubaker, Trailer Park's President of Film and active member of the Academy,  is considered one of the top theatrical marketers in the industry, having worked on award-winning campaigns such as DUNKIRK, BABY DRIVER, INTERSTELLAR, MAD MAX, SUICIDE SQUAD, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, THE GREAT GATSBY, GODZILLA, and OCEAN'S ELEVEN. Previously he was a creative exec at New Line Cinema and Warner Bros....

Phil Daccord, long time Creative Director of Giaronomo and Managing Partner of Giaronomo LA, is the VP of AV and Creative Director at Ignition Creative, well known in the trailer industry as a legend of the craft having finished dozens of top trailers and teasers including such absolute trailer gems such as The Matrix, Panic Room, V for Vendetta, Scorsese's classic The Departed, Steve Jobs for Dan...

Dana Flowers, EVP of Crea. Adv. at Sony Pics + a member of the Academy, has worked on award-winning campaigns in the theatrical, home entertainment and Broadway space incl. Acrimony, Insecure, Deep Water Horizon, Gemini Man, Anchorman 2, Frozen, Monsters University + many more . At Sony, Dana oversees the studio's movie campaigns including trailers, media spots as well as in-theater and outdoor ad...

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 across multiple genres and in trailers as an artform. Two of his trailers, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Dawn of the Dead , are often cited among the top trailers of all time. His other work includes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , It, It C...

Skip Chaisson, one of the greatest trailer editors of all time from his days at Kaleidoscope Films, is founder of Skip Film + Chief Creative Officer of El Rey Network. At Skip Film, in addition to trailers, his team's done brilliant work in broadcast, main titles, original content, commercials + more. Skip's trailer work includes Mission: Impossible, Space Jam, Titanic, The Lost World, Gone In 60...

Jennie Wilkes - Director, Global Crea. Mktg. @ Netflix + part of the team named Ad Age's Top Marketer of 2016, has worked on campaigns for Marvel properties Jessica Jones + Daredevil, with Shawn Levy on Stranger Things + I Am Not Ok With This, with Ryan Murphy on Hollywood + Politician + many more. *This was recorded in early May at the onset of Corona Virus but before the murder of George Floyd....

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...

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 i...

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, Li...

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 lov...

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 ind...

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-pr...

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 CON...

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 t...

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...

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.