About

Founded in 2006, LA Media Consultants offers a wide range of services that assist filmmakers, writers, actors and production companies enhance their visibility in the entertainment industry, as well as promote film and TV content by way of Public Relations, Marketing, Distribution and Development. We have successfully run PR campaigns for independent films and shorts, as well as project and strategic development for production companies, writers and directors. We assist clients build their representation teams, placing them with top management companies and agencies, introduce them to potential creative partners as well as sales and distribution companies.

Since no two people are alike, our promotional packages are tailor-made to fit each of our client’s needs to help them succeed in their aspirational goals.

Deborah Gilels


Gilels has run a successful PR/Media Consulting company for the past 15 years, assisting writers, filmmakers, and actors launch their careers in the entertainment industry, promote feature films, shorts and documentaries, by way of public relations, marketing, distribution and project development. 

Among the films she has successfully launched are: Keiko the Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy, the award-winning documentary The War on Kids, and the Chazz Palminteri- Andie MacDowell family drama Mighty Fine for Lionsgate.  In the anime space, Gilels ran FYC campaigns for the award-winning features Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms and Liz and the Blue Bird (Satellite Award nominee), the short Lacrimosa and documentary The Gilligan Manifesto. She also was the lead publicist on Fathoms release of Hayao Miyazaki’s Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, the award-winning A Silent Voice, Millennium Actress and Sound! Euphonium.  She has also done publicity for anime series Lupin 3rd Part 4 on Adult Swim in May 2017, Lupin the 3rd Part 5, Megalobox on Crunchyroll and Cartoon Network and theatrical release for the feature Penguin Highway. Gilels has also led publicity for the DVD/VOD releases for several titles. 

Other recent films include:  The World Without You starring Radha Mitchell, PJ Byrne and James Tupper,  Hajji starring The Walking Dead’s Ross Marquand, Pooling to Paradise, starring Taryn Manning and  Jonathan Lipnicki, Violet is Blue: A Tale of Gibbons and Guardians, Echoes From the Attic, Once is Enough and the LA Emmy winning documentary To Climb a Gold Mountain.

Gilels has successfully promoted films in festivals such as Dances With Films, LA Femme International Film Festival, HollyShorts, Starz, Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, New Filmmakers (LA and NY), St. Louis, UN Film Festival, Heartland, Cannes, and has represented feature films and documentaries in markets such as AFM, Anime Expo, Berlin and MIP-TV. 

She executive produced the award-winning documentaries Bearing the Torch: Politics & the Games for ESPN/Hearst Entertainment.   Prior to that, as a development executive and producer Gilels collaborators included actors Robert Duvall, Jenna Malone, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rachel Leigh Cook; writers and directors A. Scott Berg, Michael Hirst, and Paul Verhoeven. Companies and producers such as: Mike Macari, Disney, ESPN, Wind Dancer Films, Lionsgate and New Line Cinema/TV. 

She has also held executive positions at Fox, Warner Brothers TV and PFG Entertainment. In that capacity, the films  she has worked on as a development executive include: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead starring Christina Applegate and David Duchovny, Crossing the Mob starring Jason Bateman, Showdown in Little Tokyo starring the late Brandon Lee and Cary- Hiroyuki Tagawa, Penthathlon starring Dolph Lundgren, and A Slight Case of Murder starring William H. Macy.

Gilels has programmed panels for LA Femme International Film Festival and HollyShorts.  She was also a screenplay juror for the LA Greek Film Festival.

Ilyssa Goodman
 

Ilyssa Goodman is a proven leader who has increased the corporate value of some of the largest entertainment brands in the world, including Disney, FOX, ABC Family Channel, Discovery Networks, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Netflix and Amazon among others. Ilyssa draws upon a unique dual perspective having served as both senior management for studios, broadcasters and distributors as well as performing as an independent sales agent and producers rep, brokering numerous global distribution deals on behalf of producers.
Having started her career working in distribution for Miramax Films in NY, Ilyssa moved to Los Angeles for a post at Universal Studios and eventually became Vice President of Filmed Entertainment for the international production and distribution company, Bonneville Worldwide Entertainment (BWE).  At BWE Ilyssa supervised the distribution of an extensive film and television library, marketing content for all media platforms throughout the world.  Along the way, Ilyssa developed a great eye for marketable entertainment content, forged strong industry relationships and became an expert dealmaker
 
In 2012 Ilyssa contracted with RGH Entertainment to design and implement their distribution strategy that includes traditional distribution models while leveraging all new and emerging digital distribution channels to fully maximize content value.  For RGH, Ilyssa has sold branded content directly to more than 75 countries around the globe and has brought to the company, lucrative distribution deals with Paramount Pictures, In-Demand, Netflix and Warner Digital among others.
 
Ilyssa currently works as an independent sales agent, successfully licensing film and television properties for independent producers across the globe.  Additionally, Ilyssa is the producer for Warner Bros. “Cinderella Story” film franchise and recently directed the teen films “The Standoff” on Amazon Prime and the recently released film “Next Level”.  Along with running her distribution consulting group, Ilyssa has producing and directing deals with major Hollywood production companies as well as independent financing entities.
 


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