Sue Procko(I)
- Publicist
- Additional Crew
Sue Procko has worked in the entertainment industry as a public relations professional for over 30 years. Developing her uniquely creative and intensive style and then coupling it with her experience and understanding of the business, she formed her own public relations firm, SPPR Inc., in 1992. The award-winning boutique firm represented nearly 1,000 projects over 22 years. In 2015, Ms. Procko expanded into distribution of independent film and post production marketing with the launch of The Procko Group, Inc. Over the years, Ms. Procko has earned a reputation as one of entertainment industry's most knowledgeable and respected PR executives.
Ms. Procko has designed and implemented hundreds of promotional and marketing campaigns for clients to promote their properties across all media platforms, including print, broadcast, online and live outlets. Her clients have been featured regularly in many major national and local publications, ranging from U. S. News & World Report to Entertainment Weekly and from Parenting to Shape, as well as on such television programs as CNN's Show Biz Daily, EXTRA, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, E! News Live, CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline and 60 Minutes. An early user to the growing online media sector in 1997, SPPR was the first company to downcast a satellite media tour to the then-burgeoning internet, a radical promotional effort at that time which is now commonly known as a podcast.
Sue Procko has for years worked with the entertainment industry's leading studios, suppliers, distributors and business associates. Additionally, her company has represented the sCare Foundation, a charity that raises funds for homeless teens, and Video Industry AIDS Action Committee (formerly VIAAC and now known as EAA), the non-profit organization of industry volunteers that raises money for HIV/AIDS care. For her efforts, Ms. Procko has been honored with the EAA Visionary Award and the Entertainment Publicist Professional Society's (EPPS) Lynne Weaver Award for exceptional pro bono service and commitment to volunteerism. She currently (2017) represents the Christina Grimmie Foundation whose mission is two-fold -- to help families affected by the tragedy of gun violence and to help families who have received the heart-breaking diagnosis of breast cancer.
Sue Procko and her team have worked extensively with numerous filmmakers, television professionals, performers, media personalities and sports figures to promote various entertainment properties. Most recently, the company created campaigns involving the participation of such actors as Andy Garcia, Michael Douglas, Jane Lynch, Ray Romano, Michael Biehn, Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughy, Roseanne, John Lithgow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Bogdanovich, Bruce Campbell, Theresa Russell and Peter Riegert; filmmakers John Waters, Roger Corman, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Dan Waters, Monte Hellman, Richard Rush, John Landis and Mick Garris; Marvel Comics' godfather Stan Lee; and sports legends Joe Morgan, Brooks Robinson and Darryl Dawkins.
Prior to forming her own agency, Ms. Procko directed the publicity and promotional efforts for all home video releases under the MGM/UA Home Video banner.
Ms. Procko graduated from Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS with a B.S. in Industrial Psychology. She currently serves on the 2017 Board of Directors for Entertainment AIDS Alliance (EAA) and previously served on the Executive Board of Directors for the Entertainment Publicists Professional Society (EPPS). A regular speaker at undergraduate and extension public relations courses at both UCLA and Loyola University, Ms. Procko has also taught Elements of Public Relations at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA.
Sue Procko lives in Los Angeles and is working on a book about her father, a WWII ex-POW who escaped enemy lines.
Ms. Procko has designed and implemented hundreds of promotional and marketing campaigns for clients to promote their properties across all media platforms, including print, broadcast, online and live outlets. Her clients have been featured regularly in many major national and local publications, ranging from U. S. News & World Report to Entertainment Weekly and from Parenting to Shape, as well as on such television programs as CNN's Show Biz Daily, EXTRA, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, E! News Live, CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline and 60 Minutes. An early user to the growing online media sector in 1997, SPPR was the first company to downcast a satellite media tour to the then-burgeoning internet, a radical promotional effort at that time which is now commonly known as a podcast.
Sue Procko has for years worked with the entertainment industry's leading studios, suppliers, distributors and business associates. Additionally, her company has represented the sCare Foundation, a charity that raises funds for homeless teens, and Video Industry AIDS Action Committee (formerly VIAAC and now known as EAA), the non-profit organization of industry volunteers that raises money for HIV/AIDS care. For her efforts, Ms. Procko has been honored with the EAA Visionary Award and the Entertainment Publicist Professional Society's (EPPS) Lynne Weaver Award for exceptional pro bono service and commitment to volunteerism. She currently (2017) represents the Christina Grimmie Foundation whose mission is two-fold -- to help families affected by the tragedy of gun violence and to help families who have received the heart-breaking diagnosis of breast cancer.
Sue Procko and her team have worked extensively with numerous filmmakers, television professionals, performers, media personalities and sports figures to promote various entertainment properties. Most recently, the company created campaigns involving the participation of such actors as Andy Garcia, Michael Douglas, Jane Lynch, Ray Romano, Michael Biehn, Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughy, Roseanne, John Lithgow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Bogdanovich, Bruce Campbell, Theresa Russell and Peter Riegert; filmmakers John Waters, Roger Corman, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Dan Waters, Monte Hellman, Richard Rush, John Landis and Mick Garris; Marvel Comics' godfather Stan Lee; and sports legends Joe Morgan, Brooks Robinson and Darryl Dawkins.
Prior to forming her own agency, Ms. Procko directed the publicity and promotional efforts for all home video releases under the MGM/UA Home Video banner.
Ms. Procko graduated from Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS with a B.S. in Industrial Psychology. She currently serves on the 2017 Board of Directors for Entertainment AIDS Alliance (EAA) and previously served on the Executive Board of Directors for the Entertainment Publicists Professional Society (EPPS). A regular speaker at undergraduate and extension public relations courses at both UCLA and Loyola University, Ms. Procko has also taught Elements of Public Relations at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA.
Sue Procko lives in Los Angeles and is working on a book about her father, a WWII ex-POW who escaped enemy lines.