ABOUT BLAISE NOTO & ASSOCIATES LLC
An
Award-Winning Marketing and Communications Company
Blaise Noto & Associates LLC, based on Maui, is an
award-winning entertainment marketing and communications
company specializing in the design and execution of
cost-effective and creative marketing and public relations
strategies and campaigns for all forms of entertainment
including motion pictures, television, theater, music CDs
and live performances, clubs, restaurants, retail, art
galleries, health and wellness, tourism and travel,
non-profits and corporate, as well as representing artists
and performers for personal management and public
relations.
Blaise J. Noto, President, is an experienced professional
with over 29 years experience in entertainment marketing
and communications. He previously was Executive Vice
President of Worldwide Publicity & Promotion for
Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment, and has
held key marketing positions at Warner Bros., United
Artists, Orion Pictures, Vestron Pictures and for producer
Dino DeLaurentiis. He is a four-time recipient of the
Publicists Guild of America’s Outstanding Achievement in a
Motion Picture Publicity Campaign for “Titanic,”
“Braveheart,” “Forrest Gump” and “Spider-Man.” He is a
member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences, the National Academy of Recording Arts &
Sciences, the Publicists Guild of America, and the Hawaii
Academy of Recording Arts.
CLIENTS AND PROJECTS
“APOCALYPTO.”
Production publicity on location in Mexico for newest
motion picture directed and produced by Mel Gibson.
FOCUS FEATURES.
Hawaii Academy Awards® Campaign 2005 for “Brokeback
Mountain” and “Pride and Prejudice.”
“THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST,” ICON PRODUCTIONS.
National and regional motion picture publicity and
promotion campaign for Mel Gibson’s box-office phenomenon.
Creation of all audio-visual materials and TV specials.
Release publicity and promotion campaign in Hawaii. Also,
handled regional and national publicity and promotion for
“The Passion Recut.”
ACADEMY AWARDS® CAMPAIGN FOR “THE PASSION OF THE
CHRIST.”
Academy Award®, Guild and Golden Globe® Awards campaign
strategy and implementation including all contact work with
these organizations, national and Los Angeles based
publicity, worldwide screening campaign, generation of
materials including DVDs, score CDs, screening invitation
letters, press mailings, photography and audio/visual
materials, talent relations, personal appearances, panels,
and special events.
COURT TV.
West Coast and national publicity and promotion for the
network’s primetime and daytime programming and on-air
talent. Publicity for on-site trials including Michael
Jackson and Scott Peterson.
HAWAII FILM PARTNERS.
Marketing Consultant and corporate publicity for this
Honolulu-based motion picture and television company,
producers of the Discovery Kids television series “Flight
29 Down.” Production publicity for the national TV show.
LOUIS VUITTON HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL.
Marketing and Publicity Consultant for the Festival’s
25th
Anniversary (2005). Procuring of major and independent
films, A-List talent, and panelists.
HAPA.
National publicity and promotion for “HAPA-MAUI” CD
release. Procured HAPA's performance on CNN’s “Headline
News” as well as the Opening Night Performance at the
Hollywood Reporter & Billboard's Film & TV Music
Conference in Beverly Hills, California.
STRAND
RELEASING.
Publicity and promotion campaign for independent films
“Tony Takitani” and “Head-On” in Hawaii.
TA
VAKA PRODUCTIONS.
Publicity Consultant for “The Land Has Eyes,” an
independent film shot in Fiji and produced in Hawaii.
DISCOVERY CHANNEL.
Honolulu screening of “The Flight That Fought Back” about
United Flight 93.
“HEART
OF A DRAGON.”
Marketing Consultant for independent feature film being
shot in Canada and China.
ALAKA’I PALEKA MUSIC PROJECT.
Marketing and Publicity Consultant for KPOA’s Alala’i
Paleka and her CD music project.
“BOBBY JONES: STROKE OF GENIUS.”
National and regional publicity for this independent motion
picture. Administered 20 US agencies for publicity and
promotion activities. Also handled publicity and promotion
in Hawaii.
THE
MOUNTAIN APPLE COMPANY.
Music Soundtrack national and regional publicity campaign
for the song "Over the Rainbow" by musical artist Israel
Kamakawiwo’ole in the Columbia Pictures’ film “50 First
Dates.”
RIP TIDE RECORDS.
Strategic marketing, publicity and promotion for the record
label’s CDs and artists.
QUIET
STORM RECORDS.
Company Press Kit.
MIRAMAX
FILMS.
Hawaii Academy Awards® Campaign 2003 for “Cold Mountain,”
“The Station Agent,” “The Barbarian Invasions,” “City of
God,” “Dirty Pretty Things,” “The Magdalene Sisters,” “The
Human Stain” and “Kill Bill, Vol. 1.”
UNIVERSAL
PICTURES.
Hawaii Academy Awards® Campaign 2003 for “Seabiscuit” and
“Love Actually.”
NEW
LINE CINEMA.
Hawaii Academy Awards® Campaign 2003 for “The Lord of the
Rings: The Return of the King.”
BLAISE
NOTO & ASSOCIATES LLC. 3501 Kehala Drive, Kihei, Hawaii
96753 USA
Telephone: (808) 879-1227 Fax: (808) 879-2939
Email:
blaisenoto@hawaii.rr.com
or
info@blaisenotoassociates.com
Website:
http://www.blaisenotoassociates.com