Cinetic Marketing founder Ryan Werner is the newest addition at Neon, now joining the 2025 Best Picture-winning studio as the President of Global Cinema.
In that newly created position, Werner will lead distribution efforts and oversee marketing, publicity, and awards. Werner will focus full-time on theatrical distribution and work closely with Neon’s senior leadership to bolster marketing campaigns and release strategies.
“Ryan’s taste, passion, and instincts for cinema are boundless,” Neon CEO/Founder Tom Quinn said. “Together, combined with Ryan’s extensive knowledge, wealth of relationships and envious track record, we look forward to continue growing Neon as a premiere home for groundbreaking cinema. To say we’re thrilled about working with Ryan would be the understatement of the year.”
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Werner said of the announcement, “I’m incredibly excited about the opportunity to collaborate with Tom and the exceptional team at Neon. I deeply admire everything they have accomplished. This is a very special opportunity to create something with some of the most talented people working in film. I am honestly thrilled by the prospect of it.“
Werner joins Neon from Cinetic Marketing, which he founded in 2014. Since its inception, Cinetic has worked on a slew of Oscar-winning projects, including five Best Pictures, 10 Best Documentaries, seven Best International Features, and three Best Animated Features. Much like Neon, Cinetic has also been a staple at Cannes, and has represented the last 10 Palme d’Or winners, collaborating with the studio on the most recent five.
Outside of Cinetic, Werner co-created Sideshow with Jonathan Sehring and the team at Janus Films to release features such as “Drive My Car,” “Flow,” “EO,” “All That Breathes,” and “All We Imagine As Light.”
Neon most recently swept the Academy Awards with Sean Baker’s “Anora.” The studio’s upcoming releases include Osgood Perkins’ “Keeper” (the studio now has a first look deal with auteur Perkins), and Cannes 2025 titles such as Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Julia Ducournau’s “Alpha,” Raoul Peck’s “Orwell: 2+2=5,” and Michael Angelo Covino’s “Splitsville.” The distributor also announced the acquisition of Cristian Mungiu’s English-language film debut “Fjord” starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve. “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” director Mungiu already has one Palme d’Or to his name, joining the ranks of Neon’s growing list of auteurs.
