Solstice Studios Names Film Industry Vet Terry Curtin EVP Of Communications

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Terry Curtin has joined Solstice Studios as executive vp of communications, reporting to head of marketing and strategy Vincnet Bruzzese. The veteran executive, who has held top jobs at a number of major Hollywood studios,will oversee all aspects of film publicity and promotion, as well as corporate communications for the company.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterVeteran Hollywood executive Terry Curtin has joined Solstice Studios as executive vice president of communications.Curtin, who has previously held top jobs at Disney, Universal, and Fox, will report directly to Vincent Bruzzese, head of marketing and strategy at the upstart studio.

Solstice Studios has hired Terry Curtin, an industry veteran who has held top film communications jobs at Disney, Universal and Fox, as its EVP of Communications, it was announced Thursday.Curtin will report to Vincent Bruzzese, head of marketing and strategy, and she will oversee the newly launched distributor’s film publicity and promotion and its corporate communications.Curtin will replace Elissa Greer in the role, who will segue into the role of lead communications consultant on “Good Joe

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