Golden Trailer Awards


Founded in 1999, the Golden Trailer Awards are best known as the award show for film trailers. The annual awards show also honors the best work in all areas of motion picture and video game marketing, including posters, television advertisements and other media, in 108 categories.
It is now “one of the most anticipated award shows of the year” and its awards are “recognized internationally as the top honors in the field.” It has been called “the Hollywood Awards show for the post-MTV era” and by its founders as celebrating “the people who condense 120 minutes into a two-minute minor opus.”

Overview

The 1st Golden Trailer Awards ceremony was held on September 21, 1999 in New York and had 19 categories. This jury consisted of Quentin Tarantino, Stephen Wooley, Jeff Kleeman and David Kaminow. The cofounders, sisters Evelyn Watters and Monica Brady, promoted their inaugural festival by screening the nominated trailers inside a gold-painted Airstream trailer at the 2000 Sundance festival.
The ceremonies moved to Los Angeles in 2002. Notable jurors in subsequent years have included Pedro Almodovar, Joel Siegel, Ben Stiller, Benicio Del Toro, Glenn Close, and Brett Ratner. Even as the ceremonies have expanded to include 108 categories, they have made a point of remaining short — like the works they are recognizing. All editions have been broadcast online; more recent years have been televised on various networks including HDNet, ReelzChannel and Fox's MyNetworkTV.
Notable additions to the award list include the “Golden Fleece” award, given to the trailer that gives a bad movie the most appeal. Executive Director Evelyn Watters describes it as celebrating the “pure art of cutting”; Executive Producer Monica Brady describes it as recognizing “a great trailer for a movie that is not so great.” It has also been called “the most anticipated of the evening.”
Hosts for the awards ceremonies have included Kathy Griffin, Dennis Miller, Tom Green, Sinbad, Natasha Leggero, TJ Miller and Wayne Brady. The award was designed by artist Jim Bachor.
The 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards, in 2008 were at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The Dark Knight won three awards: Best Action, Best Summer Blockbuster Poster and Trailer of the Year in the public vote held by USA Today.
The 19th annual awards ceremony was held on May 31, 2018 at the Theater at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Michelle Buteau was host and master of ceremonies, and the presenters included Kate Flannery, Lea DeLaria, Yvette Nicole Brown, Nicole Sullivan and Missi Pyle. Paul Dergarabedian of comScore presented the Box Office Weekend Award to for the highest three day gross between May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018.

1990s

The 1st Golden Trailer Awards were held in 1999, the winners are listed as followed:

1999

Note: no ceremony was held for the year 2000.

2001

The 2nd Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2001, winners are listed as followed:
The 3rd Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2002, the winners are listed as followed:
The 4th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2003, the winners are listed as followed:
5th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2004, the winners are listed as followed:
6th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2005, the winners are listed as followed:
7th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2006, the winners are listed as followed:
8th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2007, the winners are listed as followed:
9th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2008, the winners are listed as followed:
10th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2009, the winners are listed as followed:

2010

11th Golden Trailer Award ceremony award was held in 2010, the winners are listed as followed:
12th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2011, the winners are listed as followed:
13th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2012, the winners are listed as followed:
14th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2013, the winners are listed as followed:
15th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2014, the winners are listed as followed:
16th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2015, the winners are listed as followed:
17th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2016, the winners are listed as followed:
18th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2017, the winners are listed as followed:
19th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2018, the winners are listed as followed:
20th Golden Trailer Award ceremony was held in 2019, the winners are listed as followed: