Grant Sturgeon
Director, Publicity Promotions @Sony Pictures Entertainment
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Publicity Promotions @Sony Pictures Entertainment
CA
Management of all Canadian publicity for Sony Pictures theatrical releases (Columbia, TriStar, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Animation, Affirm Film, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Stage 6); management of all national and regional promotions, screenings and special events; lead on Toronto International Film Festival and other Canadian festivals, submissions and executions; management of Toronto publicity staff, interns, regional reps and Montreal agency; management of department accounting and finance; lead liaison Canadian media team and advertising agency; lead liaison in \"One Sony\" initiatives, developing cross promotional opportunities across Sony companies; advisory role with Global Partnerships team; advisory role with Crunchyroll, advisory role with Sony ImageWorks; oversight of Canadian social media channels, including advising on content generation and managing influencer strategy.Worked on the marketing campaigns for such hits as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Jumanji: The Next Level, Once Upon A Time. In Hollywood, Spider-Man: Far From Home. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, Jumaji: Welcome to the Jungle, Venom, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spectre, Skyfall, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Social Network, Quantum of Solace, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 and Casino Royale, among others.
EDUCATION
George Brown Polytechnic
Communications
Ryerson University
Screenwriting
Ryerson University
Business of Film - Producing
Sheridan College
Diploma, Print Journalism
SKILLS
ABOUT GRANT STURGEON
GRANT STURGEON is currently a Director of Publicity/Promotions with Sony Pictures, based out of the company\'s Toronto office. A retired member of the Canadian Armed Forces and graduate of Sheridan College\'s Print Journalism program, his early career saw him working for a multitude of entertainment companies including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the Toronto International Film Festival and Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution, before landing at 20th Century Fox. While there, Sturgeon worked on such films as X-Men™, Cast Away and Moulin Rouge. In addition to his accomplished work in marketing, he founded Aurora Borealis Films in 2007, after establishing himself as a producer and writer in the Toronto independent film industry. His producing credits include the web series Red Moon, short films Jersey Road, Prelude (YouTube: Project Direct top 20 finalist), Detour, Shallow Pockets, The Unsaid, I’ve Just Seen A Face, All We See Or Seem and La Fiore, as well as the Jon Levine Band\'s debut music video for \"Happy\" and for the web-based television station Tdot.tv. Sturgeon was also an executive producer on the short films \'106\' and Falling Into At Night.
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