Jewish Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was found shot dead in her car in Beverly Hills, Calif., following a movie premiere party.

Chasen, 64, founder of the Chasen & Company publicity firm, was shot five times in the chest early Tuesday morning while she was driving, according to reports.

No suspects have been identified, according to Los Angeles Police. Police seized computers from Chasen's home and office in an effort to look for clues.

Her firm handled publicity for such films as "Alice in Wonderland," ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and ''He's Just Not That Into You."

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Variety reports:

Chasen's current roster of clients at Chasen and Co. shingle include helmer Jim Sheridan, producers Gale Ann Hurd, Irwin Winkler, Ian Sander and Kim Moses, Richard Zanuck and Dean Zanuck. Although she had worked on numerous Oscar campaigns for studios and individual clients, her main focus was representing top film composers, with Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Elliot Goldenthal, Carter Burwell and songwriter Diane Warren among active clients. Other notable composers, including Shore, Ennio Morricone, Thomas Newman and James Newton Howard, had been previous clients.

"She laid the groundwork for so many others on how to be a top publicist in the film music industry representing top composers and songwriters," said Laura Dunn of the Society of Composers and Lyricists. "She was tenacious, a force of nature, working tirelessly for her composer clients. She will be sorely missed in our film music community."

Danielle Heynickx, a coordinator for the Ghent Film Festival, which annually spotlights film composers, credits Chasen for putting the festival and its World Soundtrack Awards on the map. It was at Ghent in 2000 that Zimmer performed live in concert for the first time, opening up the door for composers like Goldenthal, Shore, Stephen Warbeck, Gustavo Santaolalla and Dario Marianelli to perform their music in front of an audience.

"What we're doing now with film music, it's Ronni who made the contacts and had her crazy way of dealing with things and she brought everybody to Ghent. She knew not only the Oscar winners but knew who the young talents were that we should pay attention to," Heynickx said.

Goldenthal, who'd worked with Chasen for some 16 years, said that in Ghent, "I remember going to bed and leaving her at 3 in the morning and I said, 'Good night,' and she said 'Good night. I'm just going to go up to my room and think about my clients; that's what I do when I go to sleep.'?"

"Ronni was loved and respected by everyone. She was part of the fabric of an industry that meant everything to her," said Vivian Mayer-Siskind, a publicist and longtime friend who had Chasen as the maid of honor at her wedding. "Her work was her playground. Ronni loved every minute of what she did and in return, her clients were equally dedicated to her."