Sony Pictures has promoted Marisa Liston to Executive Vice President of Domestic Publicity of the Motion Picture Group, the company has announced. Liston will oversee and develop publicity strategies for all feature film releases from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation and will report to Andre Caraco, Sony’s Co-President of Marketing.
A 15-year veteran of the studio, Liston most recently served as Senior Vice President of National Publicity and has worked on a large number of Sony films among them the surprise R-rated animated hit Sausage Party as well as Sony’s other collaborations with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg including The Interview, This Is the End, Pineapple Express, and Superbad. Other films she’s had a role in launching include the four most recent James Bond films, the 21 Jump Street series, Zero Dark Thirty, Men in Black 3, Bad Teacher, Talladega Nights, Zombieland, the two Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films,...
A 15-year veteran of the studio, Liston most recently served as Senior Vice President of National Publicity and has worked on a large number of Sony films among them the surprise R-rated animated hit Sausage Party as well as Sony’s other collaborations with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg including The Interview, This Is the End, Pineapple Express, and Superbad. Other films she’s had a role in launching include the four most recent James Bond films, the 21 Jump Street series, Zero Dark Thirty, Men in Black 3, Bad Teacher, Talladega Nights, Zombieland, the two Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films,...
- 9/7/2016
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- Deadline Film + TV
Premiere party veteran Alison Bossert has been promoted to senior vp of special events for Sony's Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group, reporting to executive vp of publicity Andre Caraco.
Bossert joined the studio in 1996 as an assistant for special events and quickly moved up the ranks to most recently vice president of special events.
"Alison is integral to our marketing team -- she brings new-school edge and creativity to old-school motion picture showmanship," said Columbia's domestic marketing president Valerie Van Galder.
Bossert's responsibilities include designing and managing more than 30 movie premieres, award show parties and corporate events and retreats in Los Angeles each year. In 2007 she oversaw nine worldwide premieres for "Spider-Man 3", including Tokyo, Moscow and New York.
Bossert's team of Mary Powell and Dori Golod have also been promoted. Powell has been upped to executive director of special events and Golod is now manager of the department.
Bossert joined the studio in 1996 as an assistant for special events and quickly moved up the ranks to most recently vice president of special events.
"Alison is integral to our marketing team -- she brings new-school edge and creativity to old-school motion picture showmanship," said Columbia's domestic marketing president Valerie Van Galder.
Bossert's responsibilities include designing and managing more than 30 movie premieres, award show parties and corporate events and retreats in Los Angeles each year. In 2007 she oversaw nine worldwide premieres for "Spider-Man 3", including Tokyo, Moscow and New York.
Bossert's team of Mary Powell and Dori Golod have also been promoted. Powell has been upped to executive director of special events and Golod is now manager of the department.
- 1/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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