JAMES FERRERA
2009 UNTITLED GUS VAN SANT PROJECT (Sony Pictures Releasing/Imagine Entertainment), Unit Publicist Dir: Gus Van Sant; Prods: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gus Van Sant, David Cress, Sarah Bowen; Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Schuyler Fisk, Jane Adams, Lusia Strus, Ryo Kase
THE CONSPIRATOR (The American Film Company), Production Publicity Consultant Dir: Robert Redford; Prods: Webster Stone, Rob Stone, Greg Shapiro, Bill Holderman, Jeremiah Samuels; Cast: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Tom Wilkinson, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Groff, Danny Huston, Colm Meaney
2008 TAKING WOODSTOCK (Focus Features), Unit Publicist Dir: Ang Lee; Prods: James Schamus, Celia Costas, Michael Hausman; Cast: Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Stuanton
PAUL BLART: MALL COP (Sony Pictures Releasing/Happy Madison Productions), Unit Publicist Dir: Steve Carr; Prods: Todd Garner, Kevin James, Barry Bernardi; Cast: Kevin James, Keir O’Donnell, Jayma Mays, Bobby Cannavale
MILK (Focus Features/Groundswell Films), Unit Publicist Dir: Gus Van Sant; Prods: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen, Michael London, Bruna Papandrea; Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Diego Luna, Victor Garber
2007 THE MAIDEN HEIST (Yari Film Group Releasing/Yari Film Group), Unit Publicist Dir: Peter Hewitt; Prods: Rob Paris, Lori McCreary, Bob Yari; Cast: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy, Marcia Gay Harden
WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU (Yari Film Group Releasing/Yari Film Group), Unit Publicist Dir: Brian Goodman; Prods: Marc Frydman, Bob Yari; Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Donnie Wahlberg
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS (20th Century Fox/Fox 2000 Pictures), Unit Publicist Dir: Tim Hill; Prods: Karen Rosenfelt, Michele Imperato Stabile; Cast: Jason Lee, David Cross, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney
HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY (New Line Cinema/Mandate Pictures), Unit Publicist Dirs: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg; Prods: Greg Shapiro, Carsten Lorenz; Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Christopher Meloni
2006 DEATH SENTENCE (20th Century Fox/Hyde Park Entertainment), Unit Publicist Dir: James Wan; Prods: Andrew Sugerman, Ashok Amritraj; Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston, John Goodman, Aisha Tyler, Garrett Hedlund
2005 THE MESSENGERS (Sony Pictures Releasing/Ghosthouse & Mandate Pictures), Unit Publicist Dirs: Oxide & Danny Pang; Prods: Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Jason Shuman, William Sherak; Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, John Corbett
2000-2004 LIONSGATE FILMS, Vice-President National Publicity & Director of East Coast Publicity (Unit: Rules of Attraction, Cat’s Meow, Confidence, Wonderland; Academy & Release: Monster’s Ball, Shadow of the Vampire, Amores Perros, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Cooler; Release: House of 1000 Corpses, Cabin Fever, Godsend, Shattered Glass, Dogville, Irreversible, Secretary, Frailty, Lantana, Lovely & Amazing, Bully, Stage Beauty)
1997-2000 DENNIS DAVIDSON ASSOCIATES, Account Executive – Domestic West Coast & International Publicity (International Unit: Rollerball; Unit: I’m Losing You Festival: Nurse Betty, Stardom, N*Sync, Blair Witch 2; Festival & Academy: Ghengis Blues, Hilary & Jackie, Affliction, Buffalo 66)
1996 STARSHIP TROOPERS (Big Bug Pictures/Tristar Pictures), Camera Production Assistant
CRIME OF THE CENTURY (HBO Pictures), Production Assistant
1994-1995 SHOWGIRLS (Vegas Productions/MGM/UA), Production Secretary/Post-production Coordinator
Documented Dual United States / European Union (Italy) Citizen IATSE Local 600 International Cinematographer’s Guild (Publicist)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY Master of Professional Writing, 2006 Bachelor of Arts: English, 1990
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