Driving narrative strategy and visibility for movies, series, digital content, and brands

TomChen

Expertise & Services

Sharp, confident, and client-focused communications for movies, series, platforms, and brands -- built to deliver measurable impact.

Launch & Release Campaigns

Multi-tiered publicity for theatrical, festival, digital, and on-demand releases -- earning awareness, features, and reviews across trade, consumer, and online outlets, as well as influencer activation.

Festival & Premiere Strategy

Press, placement, on-the-ground execution for premieres and special events -- from selection through the news cycle.

Awards & FYC Strategy

Integrated awards campaigns - planning, budgeting, screening programs, guild outreach, and critics-circle engagement.

Corporate Narrative

Profile-building, trade communications, brand storytelling for studios, distributors, and media companies

Exeutive and Talent Positioning

Interviews, panels, profiles, and thought leadership for executives, filmmakers, showrunners, and creative talent.

Partnership Development

Editorial instinct and deep industry relationships turned into opportunities that extend the work beyond traditional publicity.

SECTORS

Across independent film, streaming and digital, and FAST platforms.

About Tom

Tom Chen is a recognized entertainment communications strategist and member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Television Academy, with more than two decades of experience shaping how movies, series, brands, and media companies are positioned, launched, elevated, and championed. His expertise spans brand strategy, title publicity, media relations, awards campaigns, festival launches, corporate communications, and executive positioning across film, television, streaming, home entertainment, and digital platforms.

Most recently, Chen served as Senior Vice President of Publicity at Shout! Studios and, following its merger with FilmRise, Radial Entertainment. After joining Shout! in 2007, he built the company's publicity operation from the ground up and played a key role in elevating its corporate profile, content brands, and high priority releases across business, trades, consumer, and awards media. His campaign highlights include Shekhar Kapur's "What's Love Got to Do With It?," Potsy Ponciroli's "Old Henry," Viggo Mortensen's "The Dead Don't Hurt," Christoph Gans' "La Belle et la Bete," and restored Hong Kong cinema classics including John Woo's "The Killer," "Hard Boiled," and "A Better Tomorrow."

Earlier in his career, Chen led publicity and awards campaigns across film, television, and home entertainment for clients including AMC, Discovery Channel, Starz, HBO, IFC, and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. His credits include the landmark series "Planet Earth" and "Discovery Atlas," Rachid Boucharedb's "Days of Glory," Universal's home entertainment releases of "8 Mile," "King Kong," "The Constant Gardener," and "Brokeback Mountain," as well as numerous acclaimed documentary features for HBO.

TOM CHEN

Direct Inquiry

Los Angeles - New York

ContactTomChen@gmail.com

+1 626.394.1362