Leonard Morpurgo, vice president of Weissman Markovitz Associates, has worked in all facets of motion picture publicity. He was previously international vice president of Rogers & Cowan Public Relations, head of international marketing for Universal Studios and held similar positions at CBS Theatrical Films and Lorimar Pictures. Before coming to the United States he was director of European publicity and promotion for Columbia Pictures. He started out in the industry as publicity director at Rank Film Distributors in the U.K.
He is much called upon as a publicity writer and has edited the Publicists Directory for about 15 years. As such he is known as the publicists’ publicist.
Morpurgo is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, sits on the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Committee and is fluent in a number of languages. He is also a member of the Television Academy and of BAFTA/LA.
FILMOGRAPHY
(partial list)
Advise and Consent
Anomalisa
Avalanche Express
Back Roads
Being There
Big Red One, The
Big Short, The
Bless the Beasts and Children
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Bobby
Born Free
Bunny Lake is Missing
Bye Bye Birdie
Casino Royale
Cat Ballou
Catch 22
Collector, The
Crash
Cruising
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
Dandy in Aspic, A
Dallas (TV)
Dreamgirls
Dune
Easy Rider
Eight is Enough (TV)
El Cid
Fahrenheit 911
Flags of Our Fathers
Fast Walking
Fighter, The
Five Easy Pieces
Flight
Funny Girl
Georgy Girl
Getaway, The
Grace Is Gone
Grass is Greener, The
Great Debaters, The
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
How to Train Your Dragon
