Christina Zisa
Christina Zisa is President of Publicity for NEON, where she's overseen all film publicity and awards campaigns since the company’s inception. Her career in film began in 2006 with an internship at Sony Pictures Entertainment in New York, where she quickly immersed herself in the world of film publicity. She graduated from NYU in 2007 with a BA in Communications and continued her journey at Sony Pictures, contributing to the regional and national publicity campaigns for blockbuster hits like Superbad, Men in Black 3, Spider-Man, and Pineapple Express.
In 2012, Christina joined Tom Quinn at RADiUS, where her role expanded to encompass talent relations, national and regional PR, and awards. Her impactful work at RADiUS helped the company secure two Academy Awards for Morgan Neville’s Twenty Feet from Stardom and Laura Poitras’s CitizenFour.
Four years later, she joined Tom Quinn and other former RADiUS colleagues at the newly formed, NEON. As the Head of Publicity at NEON, she has been pivotal in shaping the company's public image and strategic outreach. Under her leadership, NEON has garnered 40 Oscar nominations and six wins, including a historic Best Picture win for Parasite.
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