Stacy Spikes was born on February 10,1968 and is an American entrepreneur and former film marketing executive and producer.
11 Facts About Stacy Spikes
Stacy Spikes is best known as the founding CEO of MoviePass, a subscription-based service for going to the movies in the United States, and founder of the Urbanworld Film Festival.
Stacy 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, Stacy Spikes joined Sony Music Entertainment and worked on feature film soundtracks for movies including Jungle Fever, Bad Boys, House Party, House Party 2, Pret-a-Porter, and Darnell Martin's I Like It Like That.
In 1994, Stacy Spikes became vice president of marketing at Miramax Films.
At Miramax, Stacy Spikes led marketing campaigns for films including Trainspotting, The Crow: City of Angels, Don't Be a Menace, Emma and Scream.
Stacy Spikes launched MoviePass in February 2011 along with co-founder Hamet Watt.
Stacy Spikes was fired from the company in January 2018 after it was acquired by Helios and Matheson Analytics.
In 2021, Stacy Spikes bought the company back out of bankruptcy; he relaunched it in Fall 2022.
Stacy Spikes was the executive producer for Punks, The Visit, King of the Jungle, Higher Ed, For da Love of Money, and the TV movie Urbanworld Film Festival Special.
Stacy Spikes was named one of the "25 Most Influential African-Americans In Technology" and as part of "THE SILICON ALLEY 100: The Coolest People In New York Tech This Year" in 2012 by Business Insider.