Paul Noble, the London-born govt who spent the previous eight years with Sony Pictures Entertainment, the final three because the studio’s co-head of world theatrical advertising and marketing, has died. He was 51.

Noble died Sept. 9 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after a two-year battle with bulbar ALS, an SPE spokesperson introduced.

“Paul was a rare and marvelous human being, possessed with an abundance of positivity, warmth, humor and kindness,” SPE Motion Picture Group chairman and CEO Tom Rothman wrote in a word to staff. “He confronted his prognosis with braveness and beauty and in doing so set a exceptional instance for his household and, certainly, for all of us.

“To say he will be missed is, of course, an understatement. But his memory will surely be cherished by anyone lucky enough to have known him.”

In July 2019, Noble and Andre Caraco had been promoted to co-presidents of world advertising and marketing at Sony. He then was tapped to guide the division with Danielle Misher in October 2020 when Caraco stepped down amid layoffs and a restructuring.

For greater than 20 years, Noble labored on groundbreaking and award-winning campaigns all over the world.

At Sony, he oversaw international advertising and marketing campaigns for the movies within the Spider-Verse franchise, together with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), which grossed $690 million as Sony’s highest-grossing animated movie ever, and the Tom Holland Spider-Man trilogy, the most recent installment of which — Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) — was Sony’s highest-grossing movie of all time at $1.9 billion.

Noble additionally helped the studio discover success with 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($965 million worldwide gross) and 2019’s Jumanji: The Next Level ($803 million); 2018’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($530 million); 2018’s Venom ($856 million) and 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($507 million through the pandemic); 2022’s Uncharted ($408 million); and 2023’s Insidious: The Red Door ($189 million).

Born in Camberwell, London, Noble graduated from the distinguished Sevenoaks School in 1990. He then attended Kingston University, receiving a level in English literature and a grasp of arts diploma in Anglo-American literary relations.

He started his profession as a copywriter at Curio, a London-based movie promotions company. After 5 years there, he joined The Creative Partnership as head author and received a Golden Trailer award for his work on The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

In 2007, Noble started an eight-year run at London-based company Wonderland Film Marketing & Creative as a bunch inventive director overseeing worldwide campaigns for such movies as Inglourious Basterds (2009), Despicable Me 2 (2013) and Fast & Furious 7 (2015).

He moved to Los Angeles and was employed by Sony in October 2015 as senior vp worldwide inventive promoting. He was promoted to govt vp in August 2017 and upped to co-president of worldwide advertising and marketing in July 2018 when Michael Horn exited.

Diagnosed with bulbar ALS in June 2021, Noble continued to work till his ultimate days and “inspired his colleagues with his positive outlook,” the studio famous.

Survivors embrace his spouse, Esme; son Rudy, 11; daughter Jean, 10; brother Toby; and oldsters David and Debbie.