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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