Film is a business of relationships and rights, and every stage of a project — development, financing, production, distribution — turns on well-negotiated agreements. Our film practice represents producers, directors, writers, actors, financiers, and production companies in deals of every size, from independent features to studio and streaming projects.
Our work includes option and purchase agreements for underlying rights, writer and director agreements, talent and cast deals, producer agreements, co-production arrangements, distribution and sales agency agreements, and streaming licensing deals. We negotiate the terms that determine your creative and financial future: compensation and backend participation, credit, creative controls and approvals, ownership and chain of title, and reserved rights.
We also guide clients through the practical side of production, including clearances, errors and omissions insurance requirements, guild compliance, and completion obligations. Whether you are optioning your first script or closing a multi-picture deal, we bring deal-making experience and industry fluency to every negotiation, so your project gets made on terms that respect its value and yours.