Eddie Gamarra ’94

Overview

Founder & CEO, Gamarra Media
New Orleans, LA

• BA, Psychology, Vassar College
• MA, Cinema Studies, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
• MA, American Studies, Emory University Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts
• PhD, Psychoanalysis and Film, Emory University Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts

Former college professor Dr. Eddie Gamarra (he/him) runs Gamarra Media, selling stories and building franchises across publishing and entertainment. Prior to that, he was VP of Literary Affairs for Paramount’s Nickelodeon and Awesomeness brands, where he scouted and acquired books and other IP. He was previously a Literary Manager/Producer at The Gotham Group, representing screenwriters, directors, animators, authors, illustrators, and 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. He also EP’d Jerry Spinelli’s iconic Stargirl for Disney+ and Jordan Peele’s Wendell & Wild for Netflix.

Advice to Students: 

Research, research, research. Research the companies that make what you use and the ones that do what you love to do. Be prepared with better questions than your competition by researching the individuals that you are going to meet. Don’t be shy! Say hello! Don’t get sucked into the fallacy that is “impostor syndrome.”