From Iowa to Hollywood:The Business of Entertainment
Tim Menke
Monday, 11 Oct 2004 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall , Memorial Union
Tim Menke is Senior Publicist for Paramount Pictures, an entertainment unit of Viacom Inc. At Paramount he is responsible for strategic development and execution of the publicity marketing campaigns for motion pictures. He has publicized over 100 films and his achievements include receipt of the Maxwell Weinberg Showmanship Award for outstanding achievement in motion picture publicity for "Braveheart" and "Titanic." Upcoming projects include "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie" and "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events." He graduated from Iowa State in 1986.
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