Overview
Dealmaking -- the popular, award-winning self-defence book for everyone working in the film and television industry -- is now expanded (with more than 120 additional pages) and updated to include the latest legal rulings and entertainment technology developments. Addressing a general, non-attorney readership, it is a fascinating, highly accessible guide to current entertainment laws peculiarities, creative practices, and practical applications. Armed with this book filmmakers can save themselves thousands of dollars in legal fees as they navigate the shark-infested waters of the entertainment business. Whether you are a producer, writer, director, or actor, Mark Litwak will help you make the most of your business dealings while steering you clear of the many contractual traps that may await you.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark Litwak
Publisher: Silman-James Press,U.S.
Imprint: Silman-James Press,U.S.
Edition: 4th Revised and Updated ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 18.00cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 25.50cm
Weight: 1.040kg
ISBN: 9781935247166
ISBN 10: 1935247166
Pages: 590
Publication Date: 15 January 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Mark Litwak has distilled the essential points out of the huge and often murky field of entertainment law, and he has presented those points clearly in a way that is practical, readable, and entertaining in itself. -- Lionel S. Sobel Professor, Loyola Law School
There are bushels of legal details in this business that can drive the creative mind around the bend. Now there is a cure. Mark Litwak's Dealmaking in the Film and Television Industry is packed with checklists, contract formats, definitions, sample litigation, and advice on avoiding the pitfalls, and it's in plain, understandable American English! -- Sara Duvall Chair, Electric Shadow Productions; Production Company, Fried Green Tomatoes Mark Litwak has distilled the essential points out of the huge and often murky field of entertainment law, and he has presented those points clearly in a way that is practical, readable, and entertaining in itself. -- Lionel S. Sobel Professor, Loyola Law School
Author Information
Mark Litwak is a veteran entertainment attorney whose practice includes work in the areas of copyright, trademark, contract, multimedia, intellectual property and book publishing. He is also a producer's rep, assisting filmmakers in the financing, marketing, and distribution of their films. An acknowledged authority on the entertainment industry, he has been interviewed on more than 100 television and radio shows, including The Larry King Show, National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and news shows on the ABC and CNN networks. Feature articles have been written about him in California Law Business, Australian Lawyer, and the L.A. Weekly. Litwak is an adjunct professor of entertainment law at USC's Gould School of Law. He has also has taught entertainment and copyright law at the University of West Los Angeles, UCLA, and Loyola Law School and has lectured for the American, California, and Texas bar associations. He has presented seminars across the United States and in England, Australia, South Africa, and Canada. He is the author of six booksRisky Business; Reel Power, The Struggle for Influence and Success in the New Hollywood; Courtroom Crusaders; Dealmaking in the Film and Television Industry (winner of the 1995 Krazna-Kranz Moving Image Book Award); Contracts for the Film and Television Industry; and Litwak's Multimedia Producer's Handbookand the popular CD-ROM program Automated Contracts.
