About Garnier PR

Garnier Public Relations is a film, marketing, promotion and publicity agency for independent filmmakers, studios and distributors throughout all stages of a film's release: unit (on-site), film festivals, regional theatrical releases, personal appearance/celebrity tours, word-of-mouth screenings, premieres and national home video (DVD, Blu-ray, VOD) releases.

Garnier PR supports Chicago and the Midwest region as well as national exposure to all media formats (Print, TV, Radio, Online and Social Media).

Founder, Danielle Garnier teamed up with Chicago's veteran movie publicist John Iltis. Together they provide a solid team who have long term relationships with key entertainment and film media nationally and in the Midwest. They also cover Midwest TV, radio, print promotion and advertising for theatrical releases.

Danielle Garnier has 17 years of independent movie marketing and concert film publicity experience from film festival to theatrical to national home video release. Having positive relationships with entertainment media in the Top U.S. Markets, Garnier PR offers first-rate service to any other major movie franchised advertising agency that opens films in the United States. Garnier PR has a strong work ethic and fully supports filmmakers creative vision to give their movie legs and distributors increased sales.

Founder Danielle Garnier has worked side by side with some top entertainment publicity firms, handled publicity for numerous entertainment companies, celebrities (and their agents and publicists), directors, producers, animation studios, film studios, video game companies, toy companies, and comic book companies. Some of them are:

PR and Film Distributors: Ogilvy, BWR, Rogers & Cowan, Jonas PR, Dreamworks SKG, Manga Entertainment, Palm Pictures, HBO Documentaries, New Video, FlatIron Film Company, Dark Sky Films, MPI Home Video, Severin Films, Ryko Distribution, Sony Home Video (Canada), Production I.G., Bandai Entertainment, World Events Productions (Voltron), and Res Media/ResFest.

Artists for a New South Africa, Nelson Mandela and his daughter, Zindzi-Mandela Hlongwane and Harry Belafonte.

Comedians: George Carlin and Sandra Bernhard.

Actors: Bo Svenson, Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, Jay Hernadez (Hostel/World Trade Center), Matthew Lillard (Scooby Doo), Piper Perabo (Cheaper By The Dozen), Danica McKellar, Alexa Vega, Grant Stokes.

Musicians: The Kings, Rachel McCluskey.

Filmmakers: Enzo G. Castellari (The Inglourious Bastards), Nicholas Celozzi, Aram Rappaport, Dimitri Logothetis, David Boyle, Kedar Korde.

Japanese Animation Directors: Satoshi Kon, Mamoru Oshii and Kenji Kamiyama, Marvel Comic Creator, Stan Lee.

Promotions for Video Game and Toy Companies: Capcom, Dark Horse Comics, Soto Toys, Udon, Diamond Select Toys, Score Entertainment, Ultracade, and Nuby Tech.

WHY WOULD I HIRE AN ENTERTAINMENT PUBLICITY AGENCY OUT OF CHICAGO? Chicago is the third biggest city in the country. National Public Relations campaigns are done on the phone and the computer. Chicago's time zone is right in the middle of Los Angeles and New York-- extending the amount of hours one can be reached by phone. Overhead is cheaper in Chicago. You only need to be local if you need someone in-house, are on-set, do a celebrity satellite media tour or have a movie premiere. The media could care less where you live. Many of the countries top entertainment journalists work at home. 17 years of successful, national entertainment exposure directed solely out of Chicago should tell you something.