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