Entertainment public relations executive Tony Angellotti has implemented, supervised and/or executed the publicity campaigns for more than 200 motion pictures, as well as scores of television projects ...Show More
Entertainment public relations executive Tony Angellotti has implemented, supervised and/or executed the publicity campaigns for more than 200 motion pictures, as well as scores of television projects, entertainment companies, and filmmakers. During that time he has headed the publicity departments of two motion picture companies, served as an executive at a leading public relations agency, as a partner in a prestigious boutique agency and as the owner/founder of his own agency.The Angellotti Company (TAC) was founded in 1997, following Angellotti's 8-year partnership in Weissman/Angellotti. TAC plans and executes publicity strategies for films, filmmakers, production companies, industry events and notably Golden Globe and Oscar campaigns, including Best Picture winners Dances With Wolves, Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, and A Beautiful Mind. Angellotti has assisted Universal exclusively with all its awards campaigns since 2000, with such best picture nominees as Get Out, Les Miserables, Frost/Nixon, Munich, Ray, Seabiscuit, best picture winner A Beautiful Mind, Erin Brockovich and nominees Straight Outta Compton, Steve Jobs, Bridesmaids, King Kong, Cinderella Man, American Gangster, United 93, Children of Men, Bourne Ultimatum, Steve Jobs, and Billy Elliot, among others. He has also managed Disney/Pixar's animation awards campaigns, beginning in 2001, including Oscar winners Coco, Zootopia, Inside Out, Big Hero 6, Frozen, Brave, Toy Story 3, Up, Wall-E, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Spirited Away, and Oscar nominees Wreck It Ralph, Frankenweenie, Monsters, Inc, Cars, Princess and the Frog, Bolt, Howl's Moving Castle, and Lilo & Stitch, among many others.TAC has also represented numerous current and recent films including Free State of Jones, Blade Runner (sequel), Bastards, Zero Dark Thirty, Prisoners, and many others.He also spearheaded Miramax Films' awards campaigns exclusively from 1991 through 2000 (more than 100 Oscar nominations during this time), including best picture winners The English Patient and Shakespeare In Love, as well as best picture nominees Chocolat, Cider House Rules, Life is Beautiful, Good Will Hunting, Il Postino, Pulp Fiction, The Piano, and nominees Malena, Talented Mr. Ripley, Sling Blade, Wings of the Dove, Mrs. Brown, and all Miramax films during this time. He assisted Miramax with all its foreign language awards campaigns, including winners Life is Beautiful, Kolya, and nominees Iran's Children of Heaven, Brazil's Four Days in September, Red and Queen Margot, Japan's Shall We Dance and Hong Kong's Farewell My Concubine.TAC has also represented scores of additional foreign language films, including 2011 Globe-nominated Chinese The Flowers of War, directed by Zhang Yimou, 2010 Italian entry La Prima Cosa Bella, 2001foreign language winner No Man's Land, The Last Kiss, (Italy) Artemesia (France), Lower City (Brazil), Keys to the House, The 100 Steps (Italy), Burnt by the Sun, and dozens of others.He also worked previously on the Oscar campaigns for such films as Dances With Wolves, the Oscar nominated Secrets & Lies, GoodFellas, Presumed Innocent, and Reversal of Fortune among others as well as on numerous important feature films including and films for every major independent company.Angellotti has also represented dozens of documentaries, including We Steal Secrets from Alex Gibney, Catfish, The Kid Stays in the Picture, New York Doll, Uncovered: The War on Iraq, the award-winning Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol, Paris Is Burning, Erroll Morris's Mr. Death, Michael Moore's The Big One, and Barbara Kopple's American Dream. TAC later has also represented numerous IMAX format films, including Dolphins (Oscar nominee), Caves, and Jim Cameron's Ghosts of the Abyss.The Company has represented scores of "indie" release campaigns such as It's Kind of a Funny Story, Hot Fuzz, The Illusionist, Pride and Prejudice, Shaun of the Dead, Door in the Floor, all Kevin Smith's films, Gods and Monsters, Shadow of a Vampire, Hamlet, The Red Violin, Sliding Doors, and Mrs. Brown.The Company also represents and has represented production entities and creative talent, such as directors Brad Bird, Kathryn Bigelow, Marc Forster, Gary Ross, Peter Berg, Oliver Stone, Kevin Smith; Mira Nair; producers/production companies Pixar, Davis Entertainment, Alcon Entertainment, Mark Boal, Misher Films, Larry Gordon, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, among many others.Angellotti served as vice president of worldwide marketing and public relations for Empire Entertainment, responsible for worldwide publicity and promotions for the Los Angeles and Rome-based film company, which involved the marketing of the company's product at the major foreign film markets and festivals. Previously he was director of worldwide publicity and promotions at New World Entertainment, responsible for supervising corporate, film, and television. Prior he was a V.P. at ICPR, one of the largest entertainment publicity agencies at that time. Angellotti is a member of AMPAS and several of its committees. He also recently won the prestigious Les Mason Award from the ICG Publicists Guild for excellence in entertainment publicity. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in English Literature and journalism minor. Hide
