Hilary Clay Hicks, Vice President of Marketing for LongTale, is a filmmaker, playwright, publicist, journalist, writer-editor, marketing consultant, creative executive, and public speaker. He has over 40 years of experience in media of all kind, including print, audio, video, film, digital and online. He has served most of his career in public relations / publicity and marketing as well as six years as editorial director of national magazines. He has been a Copywriter for BBDO Advertising, Vice-president of EWW Corporations (public relations & promotion), Editorial Director for Challenge Publications (magazine publisher) and Account Executive for Joy Productions (public relations.) His list of clients includes major music companies, entertainment companies, magazine publishers, film studios, prominent celebrities, prominent bands and musicians, major industrial corporations, and prominent non-profit organizations and charities. Mr. Hicks holds communications degrees from the University of Michigan, earning honors and memberships in academic fellowships. In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Hicks teaches films studies, popular culture, playwriting, public relations, and other university courses.
Omar Kaczmarczyk, Managing Director and Founder. Kaczmarczyk’s distribution career began with Alexander Salkind and the Superman films. Mr. Kaczmarczyk originated the concept of segmented rights sales for movies, now the industry standard, and helped create the first collection account management system for independent film. He has consulted on over 140 international co-productions and independent films worldwide and currently also manages several film libraries. He produced his first film in 1968 and is still going strong into 2011 with the DC/Vertigo graphic novel, Blood. The "visioneer" behind LongTale's revolutionary distribution and asset management models, Kaczmarczyk is responsible for pushing the evolutionary envelope always seeking news ways to generate revenue streams for entertainment properties. One of India’s leading film magazine calls Kaczmarczyk an industry “thought leader" and LongTale was recognized by the 2010 Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival as “Film Company of the Year” for creating new dimension in entertainment Intellectual Property Asset Management. 