Publisher's Synopsis
This book fills a void left by other books about the film production process. It provides candid perspectives on the legal documents customarily used to develop, produce and distribute films. This book: - provides essential guidance for managing the challenges involved in drafting and negotiating legal documents of the kinds encountered in filmmaking, - helps filmmakers save time and money by avoiding obvious strategic and tactical errors as they wrestle with production-related legal matters, and, - demystifies customary legal documents and analyzes them from a practical perspective. Most important, this book has been written by an attorney who is not only active in the entertainment business but is also a successful filmmaker.