Shows / Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
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.
Episodes
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsChris Daniel: SVP Film Marketing at LionsGate
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
ICYMI - Bill Neil: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsICYMI: Tommy "Pitt" Malatesta - Editor/Producer at AV Squad (and now Partner/co-Head of AV), THE WITCH, HEREDITARY, THE GREEN KNIGHT
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsALIBI Music: Jonathan Parks, Founder/EP and David Diaz, Director of Marketing
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsThe Golden Trailer Awards Special with Monica Brady and Evelyn Brady-Watters
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsBen Brown, VP Head of Film at Zealot: AIR, A QUIET PLACE, SONIC, THE NORTHMAN, THE BIG SHORT...
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsScott Edwards: EVP, Head of Creative Advertising at Fox Entertainment
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsMatthew Zuckerman of X/AV: Furiosa, House of the Dragon, Sexy Beast trailers and more
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsTeam Aspect: Games with Ryan Vickers, Ashley Vong and David Wilson
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsGreg Harrison, Chief Creative Officer at Mocean
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsPeter Stark and Brian Lauzon of AV Print
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsNetflix x Otis: Helping to Break Through Barriers
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsDwight Caines, President of Domestic Marketing for Universal Pictures
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsBen Snyder of Rogue Planet: LOGAN, BUMBLEBEE, TETRIS and so much more!
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsBonding with BOND - Darnell Brisco, Patricio Hoter and Drea Althoff
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsSpecial Presentation of THE BOOJ STRIKES BACK from Twenty Thousand Hertz
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsThis Episode Sounds Good! with Brian McKinney of BRASH and Dallas Taylor of Defacto Sound
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsDana Flowers and Kelly Turner, Putting Purpose To What We Do: The "Dopetey F'in' Dope" Episode!
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsHELEN AHN: Making an impact on the trailer industry... even when it's hard!
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Panel Discussion - How are we doing? No, really. How ARE you?
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsWe're Baa-aaack!
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsSean Uyeoka, Editor at Aspect - BLACK MASS, ANNABELLE CREATION, MOXIE, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsDavid Kim, Sr. Editor at Zealot, Part 2
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…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsDavid Kim, Sr. Editor at Zealot (Part 1 of 2)
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Joel Walden (Woollen) and Lyle Goodale (Giaronomo) - more fan trailers to rising stars in the trailer industry
This is our latest installment in our series of speaking with folks who've gone from making fan trailers and mashups to being rising stars in the trailer…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsThe Writers' Episode with Kate Cox and Gregg Ostrin
Kate Cox and Gregg Ostrin are two of the most prolific writers in the entertainment advertising industry. Kate has spent her career as a freelance writer…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsMiguel Branco, Clark Zhu - from fan trailers and mashups to rising stars in the trailer industry
On this episode we have both Miguel Branco and Clark Zhu. They are both rising star trailer editors - Miguel is cutting at Rogue Planet and Clark is at Wild…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsRicky Strauss: Former Prez Content and Marketing at Disney+ and Prez Participant Media
Ricky Strauss has worked at the highest levels of both Entertainment Marketing AND is a prolific film producer. He's also had a significant impact on our…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsBrent "B Rock" Rockswold (Part 2 on the work), Editor/Producer - ROGUE ONE, THE LAST JEDI, FURIOUS 7
This is part 2 of our conversation with Brent "B Rock" Rockswold, Senior Editor/Producer best known for such seminal pieces including ROGUE ONE, THE LAST JEDI…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsBrent "B Rock" Rockswold (Part 1), Editor/Producer - ROGUE ONE, THE LAST JEDI, FURIOUS 7
We start today's episode with the Director of Music at Aspect, Alison Sieh, who shares about a great fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Then we get…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsNeal Spector, owner/CEO of Ammo Creative - from traditional advertising to dominating home entertainment and now evolving with today's changing landscape
Neal Spector has 3 distinct chapters in his career: starting out as one of the "Mad Men" of mainstream advertising; then paved the way and dominated home…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Tina Hsu and Casmir Jordan - Editors at Rogue Planet, MORTAL KOMBAT, MIDNIGHT SKY, BUMBLEBEE, LION KING
Tina Hsu and Casmir Jordan of Rogue Planet break down what it's like working as POC women in the industry. Listen to them chat about rhythmic cutting styles…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsTommy "Pitt" Malatesta - Editor/Producer at AV Squad, THE WITCH, HEREDITARY, THE GREEN KNIGHT
Tommy "Pitt" Malatesta, Editor/Producer at AV Squad, is doing some of the most ground-breaking work being done today. You'll notice he's very quick to talk…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsCraig Murray, CEO of Mocean and CMP Entertainment Group, with special guest host Michael McIntyre
Craig Murray started out writing copy for Disneyworld in the mid 70s before working for Disney's film studio as a writer in creative advertising. Then in 1986…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsChad Misner: LITTLE CHILDREN trailer, THE SOCIAL NETWORK trailer editor, creative director
Chad Misner, is well known and well loved as one of the most respected editors and creative directors of the entire trailer industry. Most recently Chad was…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsMike Ferman, Editor/Producer Buddha Jones: WALKING DEAD, HOBBS & SHAW, BABY DRIVER, GLASS
Mike Ferman, editor/producer from Buddha Jones is absolutely prolific conquering theatrical, broadcast and streaming, working on campaigns for major studios…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsICYMI: Aimee Pitta: Award winning writer/producer, creative exec, screenwriter, published author
Aimee Pitta is an award-winning writer/producer and marketing exec who's created successful campaigns for almost every major studio from the early days of New…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser GodsEugene Fillios, founder, creative director Creature Street: Halloween, Candyman, Minions
Eugene Fillios is the founder and creative director of Creature Street, a trailer company that's worked on campaigns such as Halloween, Candyman, Minions, The…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods"Game Grumps" legend Kevin Abernathy is following his passion and is rising quickly in the trailer industry
Kevin Abernathy started out making, as he would say, "really bad YouTube videos" with his friends until one day he randomly followed his passion for "previews"…
Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods"Alright Alright Alright..." Samantha Hart, the creative marketer who crafted the DAZED AND CONFUSED campaign (and many other classics)
Many in our industry know Samantha Hart from her time as a Creative Executive at Gramercy, Searchlight and Universal where her creative marketing campaigns…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Helen Ahn Cutler, revered trailer editor, mentor and advocate is leading the charge in positive change
For those who are blessed to call Helen Ahn Cutler friend, the four words that come to mind are heart, soul, mind and strength. Because Helen is all heart, all…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Trailer and Key Art Highlights, Winter 2021
Co-host Brandi Seymour, 10 year entertainment advertising industry veteran, and Corey discuss some great pieces of work from the last several weeks. Lily…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
David Yocum and Kelly Yocum: The past, present and future of trailers
Dave Yocum and Kelly Yocum are both great trailer editors. And, yes, they're related - Dave is Kelly's dad. Dave is a legendary editor, producer, creative…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Tom Grane: CEO Mob Scene, the King of Content
Tom Grane, Co-founder and CEO of Mob Scene, arguably the pre-eminent creative agency for strategic content, such as Behind-the-Scenes and what's called "EPKs"…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Louis Plamondon, aka "Sleepy Skunk" of Trailer Mashup Renown
Today's guest is the first of what we'll be doing a lot more of in 2021: Bringing in folks who are in the trenches now. Louis Plamondon, Trailer Editor at…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Tony Seiniger, Seiniger Advertising with special guest host Dawn Baillie
How may people on the planet can say they've been involved in 2,500 major motion picture campaigns? Tony Seiniger can! His work includes some of the most…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Groundbreaking Trailer Editor, Charlotte Honess: True Detective, The Fast and the Furious, The Devil Wears Prada, The Glorias
Charlotte "Charlie" Honess, a groundbreaking trailer editor and producer who's known for so many great pieces from the original The Fast and the Furious teaser…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Living Legend Steve Panama, Longtime Head of Kaleidoscope Films Group
Steve Panama was not only the CEO and Creative Director of Kaleidoscope, which established the standard for what a modern trailer shop could be before there…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Joel Wayne, long time Warner exec, with special co-host Seth Gaven
Joel Wayne, long-time EVP of Crea Adv at Warner Bros and living legend in the trailer industry, started in the late 1950's among the real-life Mad Men of…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Angel Mendoza - Director of Music, AV Squad
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Nerd On! The Podcast - The Summit of Nerds and Geeks
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Michael Kahane - Jerry Maguire, Saving Private Ryan, The Hunger Games
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Destiny Esposito: Shrek, Brave, SpongeBob
Originally a "theatre geek" Destiny Esposito has carved out a career in entertainment marketing as an editor, producer, creative director and now EVP Creative…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Mike Southerly - Austin Powers,Dumb and Dumber,The Simpsons-Movie
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Michele Bell: Mission Impossible, Iron Man, Dreamworks
Michele Bell, SVP W'wide Creative Services for Paramount Home Entertainment, leads creative adv. for DVD package + menu design + print, broadcast, VOD +…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Matt Brubaker: Ocean's Eleven,Mad Max, Dunkirk
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Phil Daccord: The Matrix, The Departed, Rogue One
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Dana Flowers: EVP Creative Advertising at Sony Pictures, member of the Academy and the Sony Action Council
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…
- Trailer Geeks and Teaser Gods
Bill Neil: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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…