User:Steven F. Flynn

Currently a marketing consultant for theatrical and home video consumer products, Steven Flynn’s most recent studio position was Executive Vice President, Marketing at Focus Features, a division of the Entertainment unit of NBC-Universal Pictures Group. Prior to this appointment he was the Executive Vice President of Marketing at USA Films.

USA Films, a division of the Entertainment unit of USA Networks, was a motion picture production, marketing and distribution company. USA Films is comprised of Gramercy Pictures, October Films, USA Home Entertainment, and certain domestic PolyGram Filmed Entertainment assets.

Based in Universal City, California in the company's Los Angeles offices, he was previously Executive Vice President, Marketing, at USA Films for 3 Years and Gramercy Pictures for 8 years. The Marketing departments in Focus Features' Manhattan and Beverly Hills offices reported to Mr. Flynn.

Mr. Flynn was instrumental in expanding the Domestic and International DVD and the Licensing and Merchandising business for catalogue and new release titles that represented the rich history of films marketed and released by Gramercy Pictures, PolyGram Films, USA Films, Rogue Pictures and Focus Features. He was also strategically involved with the launching of Direct to DVD business for catalogue titles and franchise properties highlighted by the “American Pie” franchise. Three films have received sales success starting with “American Pie Presents: BAND CAMP”, “American Pie Presents: THE NAKED MILE” and “American Pie Presents: BETA HOUSE”.

Mr. Flynn, respected, insightful, persuasive and results-oriented has been instrumental in a number of significant Marketing and Sales strategic plans. Focus Features Award Winning Films, "The Motorcycle Diaries," "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind," "Lost In Translation," "21 Grams," "The Pianist," "Far From Heaven" and 2005’s highly acclaimed  films "Brokeback Mountain," "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Constant Gardner." USA's first in-house-supervised production to be released was Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic," which opened in late December 2000. Accolades quickly followed: inclusion on over 200 critics' "10 Best" lists; critics groups' and guilds' citations; and multiple nominations, including Best Picture, for both Golden Globe and Academy Awards. "Traffic" won four Academy Awards (including Best Director and Best Supporting Actor) and two Golden Globe Awards.

USA's second Academy Award contender "Gosford Park," which opened in late December 2001, went on to as great a success as the previous year’s "Traffic." Accolades quickly followed: inclusion on over 200 critics' "10 Best" lists; critics groups' and guilds' citations; and multiple nominations including Best Picture for both Golden Globe and Academy Awards.

Among the company’s other notable releases have been such award-winning features as Spike Jonze's "Being John Malkovich," Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy," Neil LaBute's "Nurse Betty," and Wong Kar-Wai's "In the Mood for Love."

Until the formation of USA Films in the spring of 1999, Mr. Flynn had been Executive Vice President of Marketing at Gramercy Pictures, a position he had held since September 1992. At Gramercy Mr. Flynn worked making successes of such films as "Four Weddings And A Funeral," "Dead Man Walking," "When We Were Kings," "The Usual Suspects" and "Fargo."

Prior to joining Gramercy, he was Vice President, Field Operations/National Promotions Product Placement / Exhibitor Relations of the Domestic Distribution Division for Orion Pictures Corporation. There he was involved with such projects as the Academy Award- winning "Dances With Wolves," and "Silence Of The Lambs."

Before joining Orion Pictures in 1992, Mr. Flynn was Senior Vice President; Marketing at United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc. based in New York, where he worked since 1974.

USA Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAI) is focused on the convergence of entertainment, information, and direct selling. Formed in February 1998, the company is organized into three distinct but interrelated units which include the following assets: USA Entertainment=s USA Network, SCI FI Channel, TRIO, NWI, Studios USA, USA Films, USA Broadcasting and USA Interactive Entertainment; USA Electronic Retailing=s HSN, HSN International, HSN Interactive; and USA Information and Services= Ticketmaster (NASDAQ: TMCS), which operates Citysearch and Match.com, Hotel Reservations Network (NASDAQ: ROOM), Electronic Commerce Solutions, Styleclick (NASDAQ: IBUY), and Precision Response Corporation.

Focus Features (www.focusfeatures.com) is a motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company committed to bringing moviegoers the most original stories from the world's most innovative filmmakers. Focus Features is the specialty films unit of Universal Pictures, a division of NBC-Universal Entertainment (www.universalstudios.com), the U.S.-based film, television, and recreation entity of NBC-Universal, a global media and communications company.