What does a major studio PR campaign actually look like from the inside? In this conversation, Katie Kornfield, founder of Katie Kornfield Communications and producer and moderator for film and television FYC campaigns, takes us behind the scenes of how public relations works at the studio level. Her work spans corporate, entertainment, and nonprofit PR with credits including the celebrated documentary, Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist. From building audience anticipation to coordinating press and managing talent visibility. Whether you’re working with a fraction of the budget or just starting to think about your film’s public presence, there’s a lot to learn from how the biggest releases get their moment.
Katie Kornfield
Katie Kornfield Communications
About Katie Kornfield:
Katie Kornfield is the founder and president of Katie Kornfield Communications, an award-winning full-service public relations company that provides services in corporate, entertainment, health, hospitality, lifestyle and nonprofit public relations, media relations, strategic communications, and talent engagement for campaigns and events. KKC maintains a dynamic range of expertise, deep and meaningful connections and strategic ideas to captivate audiences and deliver outstanding results. Ms. Kornfield represents an array of corporate, individual, and nonprofit clients, along with film festivals and consumer brands. She is also a critically acclaimed producer and serves as a moderator for various film, streaming and television industry FYC award campaigns and events.
Ms. Kornfield is a three-time U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalist, 2012 National Bronze Medalist and U.S. Figure Skating Official (Announcer). She was honored by Dove and Katie Couric for inspiring young girls through the sport of figure skating. She is an Advisory Board Member of The Felix Organization, an NY-based nonprofit committed to enriching the lives of children living in foster care. Ms. Kornfield earned her B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and Communications from Santa Clara University.
Kimberly Browning
Producer
About the moderator:
Kimberley Browning is a filmmaker & film festival professional based in Los Angeles. Originally from Washington DC, Kimberley studied music performance and film at USC, then began her career working in production at Disney’s Touchstone Television. She is on the short film programming team at Tribeca Festival, and is the Production Advisor for the festival’s AT&T UNTOLD STORIES million dollar feature film production program. She has worked on the festival programming teams of LA Film Festival, Guadalajara Intl Film Festival – Los Angeles and Catalyst Content Festival. Kimberley is the founder of Hollywood Shorts, a monthly short film and animation industry screening series that launched in Los Angeles in 1998. She has contributed her curation expertise to Los Angeles’ historic Ford Theatre, Tarfest at LACMA, LA County Library as well as the Broad Stage. Kimberley has extensive experience navigating feature and short films through the US and international festival circuit, as well as facilitating both traditional, specialty theatrical and DIY distribution strategies and audience building for indie films. She oversees festival and distribution strategy for the social impact films at Moving Pictures Institute, including the recently released bio pics Kemba (BET) and Freedom Hair (Apple+).
She previously was the Executive Producer of HBO Access, the network’s development and training program for directors and writers. She directed the award winning art doc Room 19 and recent feature producing credits include Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (HBO/Max) and Being Michelle, currently on the festival circuit. Episodic credits includes programming for HBO, A&E Networks, CBS, NBC, ABC Signature, Rollingstone.com, People.com, Warner Brothers TV, Comedy Central and RealNetworks. Kimberley serves as the National Chair of Film at YoungARTS, the nominating organization for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts and is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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