The only publicist to receive an Oscar® has passed

[Bob Jersey]

While two previous presidents of the Academy worked in that field, Marvin Levy, part of Spielberg's inner circle, getting the Governors Award in 2018 introduced the profession to many a film fan... "“Now, all those movies (E.T., Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List etc) are pretty damn good, but I don’t think any of us in this room would have bothered seeing them" without Levy's efforts, Tom Hanks said when introducing him... Monday; 96.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvin-levy-dead-publicist-steven-spielberg-1236185614/ (link)

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