Chelsey Summey has been named the Sr. VP of communications for Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Warner Bros. Discovery announced. She will support the group’s internal communications and external media relations, including for Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation.
Summey will report to Katie Martin Kelley, executive VP of communications of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. Coming from Amazon MGM Studios, Summey previously served as head of corporate communications for the studio’s film group.
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“Chelsey is among the very best communication executives working in our industry today and we are thrilled she is joining the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group at a time when Michael DeLuca and Pam Abdy are continuing their commitment to theatrical, and we look towards the exciting slate ahead for the film division,” Martin Kelley said in a statement.
Summey spent nearly a decade at 20th Century Fox, most recently serving as Sr. VP of corporate communications, before she joined Amazon. In that role, she oversaw media relations, executive communications, corporate events, talent relations and awards campaign strategy for the studio, in addition the daily operations of the global communications team. Summey also helped develop and lead the studio’s crisis communications strategy. During her time at Fox, she worked on several acclaimed and blockbuster films, such as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Deadpool and Deadpool 2,” “The Greatest Showman,” “The Martian,” “The Revenant,” “Hidden Figures,” “Life of Pi” and the “Ice Age” franchise.
Prior to Fox, she held various corporate communications and publicity roles at Paramount Pictures and CAA.