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Andy Signore

Andy Signore Is the creator of Honest Trailers, the former boss of Screen Junkies and former Senior Vice President of Content at Defy Media. He was also credited as writer and executive producer on the Honest Trailers series. As a producer on Honest Trailers, Signore was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Short Form Variety Series" twice, in 2016 and 2017. Signore received writing credits on over 200 Honest Trailers from 2012 - 2017. Signore was fired in October 2017 amidst multiple allegations of professional misconduct and his termination attracted significant media coverage. Since 2017, Signore has had no further involvement with Honest Trailers, Screen Junkies or Defy Media. In 2019, Signore denied the most serious allegations made against him of sexual harassment and abuse during the "me too" movement, and admitted to and apologized for some of his other behavior including flirting with fans whilst being married. Defy Media and Andy Signore later settled with Signore claiming that it was due to his innocence.

Early career[]

Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Signore has been driven to write and produce unique digital content since childhood. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia College Hollywood in 2003 and shortly thereafter wrote, co-directed, and starred in his first feature length film, the cult slasher comedy The Janitor - for which he was quickly able to secure a domestic distribution deal.

Collective Digital Studio[]

Signore then focused his attention to online content, After releasing several of his own successful videos through his comedy brand SecretSauceTV, he signed up as Director of Digital Content with The Collective (now Collective Digital Studios) - a Beverly Hills distribution company and talent management firm - where he developed, wrote and shot promotional and original video opportunities with their wide roster of talent including Kevin Nealon, Eddie Izzard, Garry Shandling and many more.

The Walt Disney Company[]

Signore was then invited by Disney's Internet Media Group, to become a lead producer of the Original Content Development team for Disney.com, working closely with various Disney departments including Consumer Products, Legal, and Marketing.

Break Media & Defy Media[]

Signore joined Break Media (Screen Junkies' former parent company) in 2009 and made videos for their website Break.com which targeted a young male demographic. At this time, Signore's job role was "Lead Creative of Original Content." He would later become VP of Content at Defy Media, and then SVP of Content.

Signore also co-created some of the earliest videos for Break's channel Screen Junkies including supercuts and humorous celebrity interviews, including Ryan Reynolds. Together with his colleague Brett Weiner, he co-created The Screen Junkies Show and Honest Trailers. Also for Screen Junkies, Signore created the pop culture debating show Movie Fights and co-created the original scripted sitcom Interns of F.I.E.L.D. Signore appeared extensively in on-screen roles on Screen Junkies programming including on Movie FightsHonest Trailers Commentaries, Screen Junkies News and Flick Bait.

In addition to his work for Break.com and Screen Junkies, Signore was also involved in content development on several other Defy Media channels, including the shows Man at Arms on Awe Me and Honest Game Trailers on Smosh Games

Dismissal[]

Signore was fired in October 2017 amidst multiple allegations of professional misconduct . A 2017 news report about his termination can be read here (via Variety). A record of most of the allegations made against him by various women can be found here. A 2017 video summarizing the situation can be viewed here. Screen Junkies' response to the situation is summarized on the Screen Junkies page. Signore did not initially make any public statement regarding his termination and disappeared from public life for 10 months. When he returned, he sued his former parent company Defy Media (article via Variety). The lawsuit was settled out of court in 2019 and no details were publicly released (article via Variety). Also in 2019, Signore made a video in which he disputed the most serious allegations made against him. He admitted to and apologized for some of his behavior which he described as "appalling and inappropriate" (article via Tubefilter) but displayed proof in the form of text messages and e-mails that the allegations against him were greatly slanted. For instance, with employee Emma Bowers, it was initially reported that he had made inappropriate comments but Signore admitted that the two were consensually exchanging raunchy messages and were both reported to HR.

In his video, Signore apologized for "awkwardly flirt[ing] with and mak[ing] inappropriate comments to some of my fans — despite being married….When I look back, I realize I was sometimes a real jerk. I was selfish, I was arrogant, I was angry, I was way too full of myself." In a follow-up statement to media commentator Phillip de Franco, Signore also acknowledged that his behavior took advantage of the power dynamic between YouTube creators and fans, writing “At the time, I had developed a warped idea in my mind that conflated fan support with romantic interest. A fan should be able to interact with a content maker without that interaction becoming a dating game. I had blurred those boundaries. To anyone I may have made uncomfortable in doing so, I cannot apologize enough.” Apart from the company's initial statements made in October 2017, Screen Junkies have made no further comments on the matter.

Other work[]

Prior to working at Break/Defy, Signore and friends ran a small YouTube channel called Secret Sauce TV which made sexy movie spoofs and other no-budget parodies. This included United 300, a 5 minute short film which won the 2007 MTV Movie Spoof Award. Signore describes his start in digital video in this 2011 Ad Week interview. In 2010, Signore wrote one of the Annoying Orange's most viewed installments, "Lady Pasta". After he left Screen Junkies, Signore returned to this channel and renamed it Popcorned Planet. Popcorned Planet has over 500,000 subscribers and is known for his coverage of Britney Spears, #JusticeForJohnnyDepp, Gabby Petito, Astroworld and Michael Jackson.

Personal life[]

Andrew Signore was born on August 5, 1979. He is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia. He is married and has one child.

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