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Hollywood Networking Breakfast® introduces new feature: Meet Privately with Speaker. Find out the details . . .
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GUEST SPEAKER’S BIO
 NANCY UTLEY was appointed President of Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2009 charged with jointly managing all aspects of the company including production, acquisitions, marketing and distribution alongside fellow President Stephen Gilula. Since 1999 when she was named President of Marketing and promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2006, Ms. Utley has overseen the marketing of some of Fox Searchlight’s most successful films to date for a total of forty-three Golden Globe® and forty-eight Oscar® nominations. With five nominations and two wins at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards®, Ms. Utley managed the campaigns for Academy Award®-winning CRAZY HEART and Academy Award®-nominated FANTASTIC MR. FOX along with commercial success of 500 DAYS OF SUMMER.
Upcoming releases include the Sundance hit CYRUS directed by Mark and Jay Duplass and starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei; NEVER LET ME GO directed by Mark Romanek and starring Carey Mulligan and Kiera Knightley; CONVICTION directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Juliette Lewis and Peter Gallagher; 127 HOURS directed by Danny Boyle and starring James Franco; BLACK SWAN directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis; THE DESCENDANTS directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney; and CEDAR RAPIDS directed by Miguel Arteta and starring John C. Reilly, Ed Helms and Anne Heche. Past successful campaigns include CRAZY HEART, 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, THE WRESTLER, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, JUNO, THE SAVAGES, ONCE, THE NAMESAKE, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, NOTES ON A SCANDAL, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, SIDEWAYS, GARDEN STATE, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, 28 DAYS LATER and BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM.
Prior to Fox Searchlight, Ms. Utley had worked since 1986 in a variety of capacities for Twentieth Century Fox, including most recently Executive Vice President of Marketing for Twentieth Century Fox Film. In that role, she oversaw all aspects of media, research, publicity and promotion for Twentieth Century Fox’s theatrical releases. She also held posts as Vice President of Media, Senior Vice President of Media and Research, and Executive Vice President of Marketing, Media and Research.
During her tenure at Twentieth Century Fox, she worked on such films as: BIG, INDEPENDENCE DAY, THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, THE STAR WARS TRILOGY SPECIAL EDITION, SPEED, DR. DOLITTLE, THE X-FILES, the DIEHARD series, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, WAITING TO EXHALE, and WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO & JULIET.
Ms. Utley came to Twentieth Century Fox from BBDO where she was Senior Vice President of New Business. Beginning her career at Grey Advertising in New York as an Assistant Media Director, she left eight years later as Vice President, Associate Media Director. Utley holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. Ms. Utley has volunteered as a mentor for Film Independent’s Project: Involve and Northwestern University’s Externship Program. Ms. Utley was named one of Ad Age’s Top 50 Marketers in 2003, received the prestigious Step Up Women’s Network Inspiration Award in 2007, and was one of Ad Age’s Top Entertainment Marketers in 2008.
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ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL ATTIRE REQUIRED. PLEASE, NO JEANS, T-SHIRTS, SWEATS, OR INAPPROPRIATE, PROVOCATIVE CLOTHES. We have a strictly enforced DRESS CODE. Our Networking breakfasts are business events set in a professional environment. Our attendees are expected to respect our long-standing dress code. YOU WILL BE REFUSED ENTRY AND NO MONIES WILL BE REFUNDED if you are not dressed appropriately! Look professional. Make an impression . . . A GOOD ONE!
We provide a professional setting for you to learn, network, make contacts, promote yourself to our guest speakers and other attendees alike and assist you in getting to the next level in your career pursuits. This is not a jeans and t-shirt event.
As a special treat, everyone gets 15 seconds to introduce themselves to the room. This is a popular, but optional feature. Be prepared. Networking concludes the morning’s activities, so be sure to bring business cards and a notepad.
In order to encourage the greatest candor from the speakers, WE DO NOT ALLOW ANY RECORDING DEVICES OF ANY TYPE AT THIS EVENT. Failure to comply will result in confiscation of the device, ejection from the event, and prosecution for a violation of applicable laws.
GUEST SPEAKERS: Guest Speakers’ attendance is confirmed, schedule permitting. In the event our guest speaker is unable to attend, we reserve the right to provide a substitute speaker or initiate a different format (which might not include a substitute speaker) for that day/event. In any such situation, since our venue will still require full payment, our “no refund” and “no roll-over” policy for all reservations shall apply.
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