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 and 3 kids.

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.

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 of Wicked.

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, and LA.

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 place in LA.

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 the Ground.

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.

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.

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 and ultimately going to the studio side to oversee the campaigns for some of the most successful movies and tv shows over the last 25 years.

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