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GENEVIEVE KIERANS
Communications and Media Relations Writer/Consultant
With 18 years communications experience in the Canadian entertainment industry, Genevieve Kierans has established an extensive network of media contacts across the country and in the international marketplace. Her hands-on experience in every facet of production, from unit publicity through releasing and broadcast, and including the corporate promotion of the distributors and producers who make it all happen, gives her a unique perspective that serves her varied clientele well. This insight and these relationships, coupled with powerful writing skills and a background in journalism, ensure that her clients' messages are delivered effectively to the media.
Ms. Kierans' past and current clients include:
Films
DEEPLY (Prod. Bellwood Stories)
BURNT BY THE SUN (Oscar winner)
HITMAN HART (Hot Docs Winner)
Series
FX: THE SERIES
ROAD TO AVONLEA
DUDLEY THE DRAGON
WHAT'S FOR DINNER?
KIDS IN THE HALL
GOOSEBUMPS...
Documentaries
For CBC WITNESS
TVO's VIEW FROM HERE
CTV & SRC
A&E - Including two-time Emmy winners Associated Producers with Elliott Halpern and Simcha Jacobvici
Personal Representation
Sarah Polley
Features
For Alliance
Malofilm
Cineplex
Astral
Cinemaplus
Spectrafilm
Corporate
Comweb Group of Companies
(Protocol; William F. White Ltd.; North Shore Studios; Bulloch Entertainment Services Inc.)
Management Services
1995 Gemini Awards
Writing/Editing
1996 - Genie and Gemini Rules and Regulations
1983-1993 - Freelance Theatre Reviewer and Journalist
Additionally, Ms Kierans recently tackled the national Canadian launch of a new medical product - the world's first hands-free crutch - and secured exhaustive coverage across the country including every major news network as well as CNN.
A scholarship graduate of Queen's University, Kingston with a major in English Literature and Drama, Ms Kierans has also studied advertising copy writing and magazine journalism. She is a past board member of the Toronto Drama Bench and Toronto Theatre Alliance, has served two terms on the Board of Women in Film and Television-Toronto, and is the former Chair of its Policy and Publications Committee. She is a published journalist and is conversant in both French and Spanish. |
