A top industry professional for over 20 years, Sheila Morris has firmly established herself in the ultra-competitive field of entertainment public relations. Launching Morris Marketing, Inc. in 1990, Ms. Morris' industry expertise as a global strategist has won her a roster of high-profile clients at the top of the international and domestic television production and distribution venues. These clients include BetaFilm, Columbia TriStar International Television, Coote/Hayes Productions, Crown Media, Endemol, Food Network, German Films & TV, Hallmark Entertainment, Home and Garden Television, Mediaset, Paramount International Television, Solomon International Enterprises, TMS Entertainment and TechTV.
Ms. Morris has built Morris Marketing, Inc. into a profitable enterprise in her thirteen years of operation. With a client list that spans the globe, Ms. Morris travels constantly from her Los Angeles-based offices to Cannes, New York, Amsterdam, Johannesburg, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo to implement and coordinate client marketing and publicity activities including the various international markets and conferences throughout the year. Her highly successful marketing campaigns not only generate tremendous press for her clients, but have won her accolades on those same pages, including being recognized as a leading entertainment business entrepreneur in The Hollywood Reporter’s Ninth Annual Women In Entertainment Power 50 and named one of "The Industry's Top 250" by The Business of Film.
Prior to forming Morris Marketing, Inc., Ms. Morris was Senior Vice President, Marketing Services for Harmony Gold, an independent production and distribution company. During her five-year tenure there, Ms. Morris created and staffed an in-house publicity department and engineered numerous full-scale promotional campaigns, including a fourteen-state press tour surrounding the launch of "Shaka Zulu." Commencing her publicity career in an agency setting, Ms. Morris was responsible for the success of promoting the original "Jane Fonda Workout" video series and the long-running hit television series "Love Connection."
Ms. Morris is a graduate of UCLA with a B.A. in Social Psychology. She is a member of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Entertainment Publicists Professional Society, Hollywood Radio and Television Society, and PROMAX. She is on the board of directors for the William H. Parker Los Angeles Police Foundation and oversees media relations for the organization.