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Patrick Starr
EVP Creative Advertising
Universal Pictures

UNIVERSAL CITY, USA // Patrick Starr creates Trailers, Posters, TV & Digital ads for Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation global theatrical film releases. Working with a variety of genres and filmmakers, he has led the creative advertising campaigns for all the JURASSIC WORLD films, OPPENHEIMER, KUNG FU PANDA 4, COCAINE BEAR, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, TED, PITCH PERFECT, and many more live action and animated films.

Prior to Universal Pictures, Patrick worked at Fox Searchlight Pictures, developing the creative advertising campaigns for films such as BLACK SWAN, SLUMDOG MILIONAIRE, JUNO and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. Before moving into feature films, Patrick created some of HBO’s most iconic campaigns for THE SOPRANOS, SIX FEET UNDER, THE WIRE, and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM.

Patrick is a ReVision Movement cohort, a non-profit that works to support diverse career growth in Entertainment Marketing. He also supports Film2Future, a non-profit which trains LA High School Students in filmmaking, and volunteers as a Big Brother with the LA chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters.