Guest: Charles Thompson - Feature Film Marketing/Universal Studios

Charles is a marketing consultant specializing in awards campaigns for Hollywood studios. He has spent the past 12 years advising Universal Pictures on how to market their feature films to voting members of such awards groups as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences®™, the British Academy®™, the Hollywood Foreign Press®™, the Screen Actors Guild®™, the Directors Guild®™ and the Writers Guild®™. Due to his efforts the studio has been awarded numerous nominations and awards including Best Picture for "A Beautiful Mind" at the 2002 Academy Awards. As an awards consultant he interacts with top Hollywood directors, producers, writers, actors and actresses as well as studio executives. A career highlight was when his awards campaign efforts paid off and Julia Roberts won her first Academy Award®™ as Best Actress for "Erin Brockovich". We will discuss how to market a film effectively in this digital age of cinema. You can email your questions to 123FilmEasy@Gmail.com and we'll answer them "LIVE ON AIR." Link: www.123FilmEasy.com. Follow us on "Twitter" at https://twitter.com/123Film.