Trio Of Public Relations Executives Launch Luminary Communications
deadline.comThree communications execs — Marlea Willis of Marlea Willis Communications, Michael Krause of Foundry Communications and Jolyn Matsumuro of The Brookes Company — are starting a new entertainment PR agency, Luminary Communications.The PBS docu series POV, Fishbowl Films, Film Movement, Corinth Films, IndiePix Films and Time Life are initial clients of the boutique agency headquartered in New York and Los Angeles.Willis recently spearheaded campaigns for doc The Neutral Ground directed by CJ Hunt and executive produced by Roy Wood, Jr; POV’s first miniseries And She Could Be Next, executive produced by Ava DuVernay, directed by Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia; and Harlem music docuseries By Whatever Means Necessary executive produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker and directed by Keith McQuirter.
Willis has been a festival PR manager for the Tribeca Film Festival, and led campaigns for films in competition at Sundance, TIFF, SXSW, Full Frame and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
She previously headed publicity and corporate communications for nonprofits Young Audiences New York, Music Unites and Theatre Forward and has held executive positions at Allied Global Marketing, Epix, AMC Networks, A+E and The Biography Channel.
At Foundry, Krause specialized in theatrical and home entertainment publicity, helping launch streaming services including Film Movement Plus and IndiePix Unlimited.
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