Biography

Eric Kops Biography

While studying film and television at San Diego State University, Kops began his career as an intern for the San Diego Film Commission working on the film "Bugsy," which shot in the Anza-Borrego Desert. and a second internship at Paramount Pictures handing publicity and promotions on San Diego college campuses. This internship turned into a full-time position as account executive, and while still at SDSU, Kops became the local publicist for Miramax, Gramercy, Savoy and Orion in the early 1990s working on movies including "The Crying Game," "The Grifters," "Like Water for Chocolate," "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," "A Bronx Tale," and "Blue Sky."

Kops moved to Los Angeles as the Manager of Field Marketing for MGM/UA in 1994. Followed by stints at Columbia/TriStar and MPRM Communications (formerly the Pogachefsky company,) he returned to MGM/UA in 1998 and was named Vice President of Publicity at the age of 28. In his 6 years at MGM/UA, Kops was promoted through the ranks eventually becoming Executive Vice President of Worldwide Publicity and Promotions. During his tenure there Kops oversaw campaigns for "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999), "Die Another Day," "Hotel Rwanda," "Igby Goes Down," "DeLovely" and the Legally Blonde and Barbershop franchises.

In 2005, Kops joined Paramount Pictures as Sr. Vice President of Publicity, and oversaw the domestic earned media campaigns for "Mission Impossible 3," "Dreamgirls," "Failure to Launch," "The Weatherman," and "The Last Kiss." He also handled Jennifer Hudson's awards campaign for "Dreamgirls" which saw her win the Oscar, Golden Globe, NAACP Image Award, Broadcast Film Critics Award, NBR award and the SAG Award for supporting actress. While working at Paramount Pictures in 2006, Kops produced the short film "Last Day" which was written and directed by Joshua Tunick and starred Rebecca Gayheart, Brad Rowe and Stanley Kamel.

In 2009, Kops joined Summit Entertainment as the head of Publicity, and oversaw publicity and promotions for the Twilight Saga Franchise, the Divergent series, "Source Code," "The Impossible," "Letters to Juliet, and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," as well as the Awards campaign for "The Hurt Locker" which won 6 Oscars including Best Picture. Also during his time at Summit, Kops became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Kops left Summit/Lionsgate in 2014 to produce "Do You Take This Man," which was released theatrically on July 7, 2017. The ensemble indie film stars Anthony Rapp, Jonathan Bennett, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Dekker, Mackenzie Astin, Alona Tal, Hutchi Hancock, Sam Anderson, Lee Garlington and Marla Sokoloff, and has a rotten tomatoes score of 76. He has several other film and TV projects in development.

Kops founded Eric Kops Consulting, Inc. in 2014, focusing on film and TV projects, awards campaigns, as well as, media training, further details at erickops.com. In 2021, he returned to Lionsgate as SVP, Earned Media, Special Projects and Visual Communications.
- IMDb mini biography by: Eric Kops