Rachel Allen Joins Bleecker Street as Senior Vice President of Publicity (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Rachel Allen has joined Bleecker Street as senior vice president of publicity. She begins her job at the indie studio this week after more than a decade in the public relations industry, including a five year stint at Cinetic Media, where she served as a director of publicity and led campaigns from festival launch to theatrical release and through awards season.
In her new position, Allen will oversee U.S. theatrical publicity campaigns for such upcoming Bleecker Street releases as Meg Ryan’s “What Happens Later,” starring Ryan alongside David Duchovnywhich will be released on Oct.
13, as well as “The Origin,” a Stone Age-set thriller making its North American premiere at Fantastic Fest, and Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s space station-set thriller “I.S.S.,” which recently debuted at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.
During Allen’s tenure at Cinetic Media, she worked for clients including Neon, HBO, Mubi, Amazon and IFC Films. She also worked on the campaigns for Sara Dosa’s“Fire of Love”; David Fincher’s “Mank”; Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story”; and Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You.” Additional campaigns of note include Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All”; David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future”; Julia Ducournau’s “Titane”; Barry Jenkins’ “The Underground Railroad”; and Spike Lee’s “American Utopia.” Allen’s experience on the awards side includes strategic consulting with clients including Apple TV+ and Netflix.
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