Variety magazine is pleased to announce a growing slate of premier speakers at its Film Marketing Summit, Oct. 5 and 6 at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Participants, including previously announced keynoters Tom Rothman, co-chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, and Robert Friedman, co-chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment, span top theatrical marketers at Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, Focus Features, Fox, Summit, among other studios.
The two-day event will be headlined by Tony Sella, co-president and chief creative officer, domestic theatrical marketing at 20th Century Fox; Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing at DreamWorks Animation; Nancy Kirkpatrick, president of worldwide marketing at Summit Entertainment; and David Brooks, president of worldwide marketing at Focus Features.
Other film speaker highlights include Elias Plishner, senior VP of worldwide digital media, Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, at Sony Pictures Entertainment; Doug Neil, senior VP of digital marketing at Universal Pictures; Tom De Luca, VP of worldwide interactive marketing at Warner Bros; Jack Pan, executive VP of marketing at Summit Entertainment; Nicole Butte, VP New Media at Focus Features; Ted Mundorff, CEO of Landmark Theatres; and Marian Koltai-Levine, executive VP of the Film Department at PMK*BNC.
Variety's Film Marketing Summit will also feature high-profile marketers from such non-film companies as Twitter, Activision and Photobucket, whose strategies can offer lessons and partnership opportunities to the movie community.
On board are Brad Jakeman, executive VP and chief marketing officer at Activision Publishing; Ben Chen, head of sales and brand integrations at Playdom; Brandon Bergmark, VP of brand sales at Photobucket; Sean Garrett, VP of communications at Twitter; and Tom Peyton, Honda brand manager at American Honda Motor Company.
Additional speakers at the Film Marketing Summit include Laurel Bernard, senior VP marketing at Fox Broadcasting; Bladimiar Norman, head of digital marketing and marketing communications at 42 West; Evan Greene, chief marketing officer at The Recording Academy; James Bell, VP of commercial at STA Travel; Kevin Goetz, founder of Screen Engine; Ben Mulcahy, partner at Sheppard Mullin; independent publicist Deborah Wuliger; Terry Curtin, co-president at Cimarron Entertainment; Steve Horn, VP of programming at Metacafe; Bob Tourtellotte, editor in charge of entertainment at Reuters News; and Dennis Rice, president of Visio Entertainment.
Gordon Paddison, CEO of Stradella Road, partnered with Variety on programming the Film Marketing Summit, whose sponsors include AOL, CBS Interactive (Metacritic), The Collective, the Consumer Electronics Association, Experience Proximity, Photobucket, Sheppard Mullin, Spredfast, Tremor Media and USA Today/Gannett Digital.
Contacts:
Variety
Linda Buckley-Bruno, 323-617-9429
Linda.buckley@variety.com
