Steven Marrs
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Steven Marrs is the founder and owner of Branded Pictures, formerly Brand Entertainment Studios, an independent cross platform production and distribution company. He is the executive producer of such shows as NBC's World Music Awards
, CW
's Sean Combs presents Americas Party, and CBS
' Christmas from Central Park
as well as several cable, live event and internet shows, including Comedy Hall of Fame on ABC, Got Game on Spike, and Anatomy of An Awkward Situation.
Formerly, Marrs was the co-founder, President & COO of Tribal DDB, a worldwide internet services company which is part of the Omnicom Group
(NYSE:OMC), where he was one of the company's youngest division heads. Prior to Tribal DDB, he was a partner is one of the first internet advertising agency and entertainment companies, Blue Marble A.C.G.
Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana
, Marrs is a 1991 graduate of the University of Florida
, where he majored in advertising
. He is the son of Cynthia H. Marrs, a noted New Orleans entrepreneur.
Marrs is currently developing two reality shows with the working titles The Mission: Race to Space and "The Avenue."
World Music Awards
The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show...
, CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
's Sean Combs presents Americas Party, and CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
' Christmas from Central Park
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
as well as several cable, live event and internet shows, including Comedy Hall of Fame on ABC, Got Game on Spike, and Anatomy of An Awkward Situation.
Formerly, Marrs was the co-founder, President & COO of Tribal DDB, a worldwide internet services company which is part of the Omnicom Group
Omnicom Group
Omnicom Group is a holding company whose agencies provide marketing and communications services in the disciplines of advertising, customer relationship management , strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and...
(NYSE:OMC), where he was one of the company's youngest division heads. Prior to Tribal DDB, he was a partner is one of the first internet advertising agency and entertainment companies, Blue Marble A.C.G.
Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
, Marrs is a 1991 graduate of the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, where he majored in advertising
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
. He is the son of Cynthia H. Marrs, a noted New Orleans entrepreneur.
Marrs is currently developing two reality shows with the working titles The Mission: Race to Space and "The Avenue."