Stacy Spikes | |
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Residence | New York City |
Occupation | CEO and co-founder |
Organization | MoviePass |
Stacy Spikes (born 10 February) is an American entrepreneur and former film marketing executive and producer. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of MoviePass, the only subscription-based service for going to the movies in the United States, and founder of the Urbanworld Film Festival. During his career, Stacy has taken on senior executive roles at Motown Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Miramax Films, and October Films.
Spikes is from Texas. In 1985, he relocated to Los Angeles to follow his desire to work in the entertainment industry.
Spikes' career began in 1986 at Motown Records, where he was the product manager for Boyz II Men, Stevie Wonder, Spike Lee, Queen Latifah, and Eddie Murphy. In 1990, Spikes joined Sony Music Entertainment and worked on feature film soundtracks for movies including Jungle Fever, Bad Boys, House Party, House Party 2, Prêt-à-Porter, and Darnell Martin's I Like It Like That. In 1994, Spikes became vice president of marketing at Miramax Films. At Miramax, Spikes led marketing campaigns for films including Trainspotting, The Crow: City of Angels, Don’t Be a Menace, Emma and Scream. From 1996–97, Spikes was senior vice president of marketing at October Films.