Before launching her own LA based publicity agency, MLPR, in 2011, Maxine spent five years handling the marketing and publicity for Academy Award winning production company GK Films.

Maxine and her team of handpicked publicity professionals attend all the key film markets and festivals such as Toronto, Sundance, Cannes, Berlin, Venice and AFM and have supported the production, worldwide launch and international roll out of recent theatrical feature films such as Miramax's Exorcism, Strange Darling, Here as well as The Beekeeper, Wrath of Man and The Gentlemen, Lionsgate's Borderlands, Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Expend4bles, Saw X, John Wick 4, Imaginary, Savages among others. For Black Bear Pictures titles have included Michael Mann's Ferrari, Guy Ritchie's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, The Interpreter and Operation Fortune as well as Immaculate and the upcoming Goodrich, In the Grey and On Swift Horses.

Past titles include Cannes official selections Oh,Canada and War Pony as well as Spiral, Bombshell and Long Shot, STXinternational's Devotion, The Mauritanian, Hustlers, 21 Bridges, Queenpins, Memory, Our Friend, I Care A Lot, My Spy, The Rental, Second Act and Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World, Apple's animated title Luck, Paul Schrader's First Reformed and Voltage Pictures' YA franchise After.

Maxine started her career working on titles such as Steven Soderberg's Traffic, Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, Kinsey starring Liam Neeson, Richard Gere starrer Dr T and The Women, Peter Berg's Very Bad Things, Hard Eight starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Stanley Tucci's Big Night, Charlize Theron's first American film 2 days in the Valley and Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters.

Maxine holds both US and European passports and has a BA (Hons) in Law from Nottingham University, England.






Phoebe Zerouni

Phoebe joined MLPR in March of 2023 as Publicity Coordinator. As a member of the MLPR team, she works across both the film and corporate client publicity desks, working with clients such as Amazon, Arclight Films, Highland Film Group, and Zurich Avenue. Phoebe holds a B.A. in Media and Cultural Studies from the University of California, Riverside, where she was awarded with High Honors.






Meilin Eastburg

Meilin joined MLPR as Director of Publicity, from the sunny shores of Sydney, Australia. For 6 years she managed National Publicity, Promotions and Events for Universal Pictures Australia. While overseeing a talented team of PR and Partnership professionals, Meilin personally managed many PR campaigns, publicity tours and/or premiere events for films including Les Misérables (Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe), The Water Diviner (Russell Crowe's directorial debut), Snow White and the Huntsman (Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth), Johnny English Reborn (Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike), P.J. Hogan's Mental (Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia), American Pie Reunion and many more. Meilin was also the Asia Pacific regional lead for NBCUniversal's global initiative to drive cross-business marketing support between all operating sister companies (Universal Pictures, Networks, Home Entertainment, Theme Parks, CNBC and TVD).

Prior to Universal, Meilin was National Promotions Manager for Paramount Pictures for 3 years managing 3rd party, media and exhibition partnerships for the studio as well as DreamWorks Animation and Marvel properties including Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs Aliens, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Star Trek (2009).

Meilin started her career in film after working for 20th Century Fox in London in 2001. She returned to Australia and worked for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment where she forged a career path in product marketing and promotions for 3 1/2 years before moving over to Paramount.

An Australian with a touch of Brit, Meilin has come to the US with a thirst for new experiences - plus a Post Graduate Certificate in Communications from the University of Technology, Sydney.






Shelly Josias

Shelly joined MLPR in 2021 as Director of Publicity, developing and implementing corporate communications strategies for production and sales companies including Aquarius Films, Arclight Films, Highland Film Group, MSR Media and Upgrade Productions.

Prior to joining MLPR, Shelly spent nine years as an international publicist at Sony Pictures Entertainment where she launched successful publicity campaigns for films around the world including Little Women, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spectre, Skyfall, Blade Runner: 2049, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Bloodshot and The Smurfs franchise.

Prior to that, Shelly worked at Warner Bros. where she managed and implemented international third-party promotions for films including Superman Returns and Batman Begins and also served as Director of International Promotions at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Shelly graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Communication Studies.






Jessenia Barberena

Jessenia joined the MLPR team in August of 2023 as a Publicity Coordinator, where she handles international film publicity. Since joining the MLPR team she has worked across clients such as Lionsgate, Miramax, and STX. Prior to her time with MLPR she worked in awards publicity where she oversaw Emmy and Academy Award winning campaigns for both film and television. Jessenia also holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Irvine.






Maggi Simpson

A native New Yorker and twice-transplanted Angeleno, Maggi began her publicity career as an international publicist with Sony Pictures Entertainment organizing and overseeing numerous high profile PR activations including junkets, set visits, premieres, global tours, and international film festivals. Some of the blockbusters she has worked on include A Few Good Men, Groundhog Day, A League of Their Own, Boyz N The Hood, and The Age of Innocence. Following Sony, she continued her career as a publicity consultant working with major and indie film studios, and entertainment PR agencies, among them Paramount Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Exclusive Media, TriCoast Worldwide Entertainment, The Orchard, MPRM Communications, DDA PR, Organic PR and Big Time PR & Marketing. Some of the films she has worked on during this time include, The Adults, Zoolander 2, The Big Short, Parkland, Rush, Begin Again, Limitless and BPM (Beats Per Minute). She has coordinated campaigns at major film festivals and fan conventions including TIFF, NYFF, Tribeca, Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, Cannes, Deauville, Berlinale, London FF, and Comic Con, among others. Awards campaigns she has also worked on include Parasite, Knives Out, Hustlers, BPM (Beats Per Minute), The Work, and Shadow World.

Maggi earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts/Psychology from The New School for Social Research in New York City.






Erica Swinkels

Erica joined MLPR in 2019 after relocating from London. Whilst at MLPR Erica has managed international theatrical releases for Lionsgate, STX, Apple and most recently Black Bear. Titles include Ferrari, Immaculate, Bombshell, Long Shot, Hustlers, Luck, Operation Fortune, Guy Ritchie's The Covenant and Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

Erica has a passion for film and prior to her time at MLPR she worked across various disciplines within the industry, including 4 years in International Publicity at Universal Pictures International, 3 years in Production and 4 years at an Actors Agency. This has given her a clear insight into the development of films and the PR opportunities from inception to theatrical release.

Erica graduated from University College London with a B.A. in History.






Jasmin Chavez

Jasmin's college semester abroad in London became the touchpoint in her lifelong curiosity to explore cultures beyond her borders, which culminated in establishing a long-standing career in international publicity. Prior to joining MLPR in April 2023, Jasmin was Vice President of International Publicity at Sony Pictures where she oversaw the global publicity campaigns for Blade Runner 2049 and four James Bond movies from Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre. She was also instrumental in planning and executing global press opportunities for blockbuster Sony films such as Spider-Man, Jumanji, Men In Black, Da Vinci Code, Bad Boys 3 and Little Women. Jasmin has also worked as an interim Vice President of Global Publicity at Universal Pictures, working on the publicity and award campaigns for She Said, Nope, and film publicity for The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Oppenheimer.

A native of the Philippines, Jasmin holds a B.A. in Journalism/Public Relations from California State University, Long Beach with a minor in International Marketing.