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record-breaking deals
(“The Imitation Game”
to Weinstein for $7
million, “Story of Your
Life” and “Top Five” to
Paramount for
$20 million and
$12.5 million,
respectively). She’s
responsible for
over $50 million in
international sales in
the first half of 2015
alone. Upcoming:
Denis Villeneuve’s
“Story of Your Life,”
John Lee Hancock’s
“The Founder” and
Toronto winner “Room.”
“I’m driven by the idea
of great filmmaking.”
Her motto: “Follow
the film, follow the
filmmaker.”
EMMY
CHANG, 40
VP, PUBLICITY, BROAD
GREEN PICTURES
MOORE
ERER
HENDERSON
Hired in July,
publicity veteran
Chang is now back
with her former
Relativity boss Adam
Keen and couldn’t
be happier: “He’s
shaped so much of
my career,” she says.
But Chang brings her
own kudos, having
worked on the
Oscar-winning
campaigns for films
like last year’s “The
Imitation Game.” At
Broad Green, she’s
already overseen
robust indie releases,
including “A Walk
in the Woods” and
“Leaning to Drive.” “I
feel strongly about
letting my team
grow and make their
own decisions, and
empower them as
we learn from our
mistakes.”
SCHWARTZ
JESSIE
HENDERSON,
33
EXEC VP OF
PRODUCTIONS,
FEIGCO
Who’s director Paul
Feig gonna call for
an assist in his
production company?
That would be
Henderson, who came
over in 2013 from
Chernin Entertainment
when Feig landed his
first-look 20th Century
Fox deal and has since
scored production
credits on “Spy,”
“The Heat,” Yahoo
series “Other Space”
and the upcoming
“Ghostbusters” reboot.
“Paul has really inspired
me in my career. He
is tireless and has
excellent and specific
taste. And he’s a great
dresser!”
BOURBEAU
ELISHIA
HOLMES, 37
PRODUCTION
EXECUTIVE, MICHAEL
DE LUCA PRODS.
New at her job at De
Luca’s shingle, former
story editor Holmes
comes out of Scott
Free, where she worked
alongside Ridley
Scott for over three
years. “I put a lot of
blood and sweat into
‘Paradise Lost,’” she
says of the upcoming
“Alien” franchise entry.
Her greatest success
of the past year, she
adds, was shepherding
Scott’s son Luke’s
first directorial
effort, the upcoming
“Morgan.” “Given the
responsibility to make
important decisions
and be accountable,
people tend to rise to
the occasion. The other
DEUTCHMAN
side is that you can give
them enough rope to
hang themselves.”
JOEY
MONTEIRO, 38
SENIOR VP,
MARKETING AND
PUBLICITY, SIERRA/
AFFINITY
There’s little that’s
been quiet about
Monteiro’s career
recently. He handled
festival premieres of
five films in Toronto ,
two at Cannes and
oversaw a slate of
many more. Of late his
duties have expanded
to include delivery
material creation for
international, and
he notes an uptick
in the need for
international-specific
marketing materials.
Up next: campaigns for
“Triple 9” and “Pride
and Prejudice and
Zombies.” “Leadership
is about knowing when
to step forward and
when to step back
— and let someone
else exercise their
expertise.”
ELIAS
PLISHNER, 39
EXEC VP, WORLDWIDE
DIGITAL MARKETING,
SONY PICTURES
ENTERTAINMENT
With 17 years of digital
experience, Plishner
has been tapped for
high honors in the past
year, including election
into the Advertising
Hall of Achievement
and membership
in the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences (don’t
ask him how he’ll vote
in this year’s Oscars,
though). With SPE
since 2008, he led the
charge as Sony Pictures
marketing rep for the
MPAA’s 2014-15 antipiracy
campaign. “In
the digital space we’re
always trying to oneup
each other. It’s in our
DNA to come up with
the next great idea
first.”
NATE
MOORE, 37
VP, PRODUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
JONATHAN
SCHWARTZ, 36
VP, PRODUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
BRAD
WINDERBAUM,
34
VP, PRODUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT,
MARVEL STUDIOS
It makes sense that
the studio of “The
Avengers” would have
a team of super-execs
behind the wheel . As
creative producers,
each reporting to
president Kevin Feige,
they’ve helped keep
the studio on track
with recent box office
hits like “Captain
America: The Winter
Soldier” (Moore, who
started out as head
of the Marvel writers
program); “Guardians
of the Galaxy”
(Schwartz, who started
out as Feige’s assistant)
and “Ant-Man”
(Winderbaum, who has
an Emmy for his Web
series “Satacracy 88”).
“We have a reputation
of being creatively
domineering (at the
studio), but these three
and their personalities
prove the opposite is
true,” Feige says. “They
become invaluable to
the filmmakers with
whom they work.”
JACQUI
MARSHALL, 39
SENIOR VP, LEGAL
AFFAIRS, EUROPE,
SONY PICTURES
ENTERTAINMENT
The London-based
Marshall became
interested in
intellectual property
while studying at
Cambridge U., then
found her way into
film financing after
graduation. Today,
she oversees SPE’s
legal affairs across
Europe, the Middle
East and Africa. In
recent months, she’s
been busy with the
studio’s Netflix deals
in Europe, as well as
its acquisitions of the
16-channel CSC Media
Group in the U.K. and
the Dutch premium
movie service Film1.
“My job is so broad,
I have at least 30
different issues coming
up every day with
completely different
lines of legal work.
Regulatory, corporate,
commercial, disputes
— you name it — it all
comes across my desk.”
JON MONE, 38
EXEC VP, PRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENT,
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Mone broke into the
business via a job in the
CAA mailroom . Family
friends helped get him
in the door, “but from
there I was on my own,”
he says. He completed
the CAA training
program and wanted to
pursue producing, later
gaining experience
at Mayhem Pictures
and Bluegrass Films.
Now at Universal,
Mone most recently
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