Eddie Gamarra
Film Executive
Is your book a movie? What steps do you need to take to make it so? In this session, seasoned veteran Eddie Garmarra, known for The Maze Runner (2014), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and Actress and writer Kate Orsini speak directly to process.
Former college professor, Dr. Eddie Gamarra now consults selling stories and building brands. He was VP, Literary Affairs at Nickelodeon & Awesomeness. Also a Literary Manager/Producer at The Gotham Group representing screenwriters, directors, animators, authors, illustrators, & publishers. Clients included NYT best-selling storytellers as well as Oscar, Emmy, Annie, Caldecott, Newbery, & Geisel winners/nominees. As Executive Producer, he worked on The Maze Runner trilogy which grossed almost $1 Billion dollars. He also EP'd Jerry Spinelli's iconic Stargirl for Disney+ and Henry Selick's Wendell & Wild with Jordan Peele for Netflix.
