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A comprehensive guide to the process of making deals in the entertainment industry. Designed for independent producers, writers, actors, directors, agents, studio employees, financiers and film students, it presents negotiations techniques and strategies from seasoned professionals. It explains the interests of creative executives, producers, entertainment attorneys, agents and managers, major guilds, and the role that each plays in the deal-making process. The authors detail key issues in matters of copyright, net profits and back ends, gross and adjusted gross profits, deferments and box office bonuses, and more. The guide also defines the vocabulary for acquisition agreements and employment deals for actors, writers, directors, producers and crew members. Included are 12 sample contracts, checklists detailing essential deal points, and a directory of entertainment attorneys in New York and Los Angeles.

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9781581152289

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"Dina Appleton is the Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Writers & Artists Agency, a talent and literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. She has taught at Pacific Legal Institute. She is a member of both the Law Society of Upper Canada and the California State Bar and serves on the Beverly Hills Bar Association's Entertainment Law Executive Committee and the USC Entertainment Symposium's Planning Committee. Daniel Yankelevits is Director of Business Affairs, West Coast, at Home Box Office. He has served as Director of Business & Legal Affairs at New Line Cinema and as co-chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Entertainment Section and the USC Entertainment Law Symposium. He teaches ""Negotiating Talent Agreements and Production Contracts for Motion Pictures"" at UCLA Extension. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Both authors live in Los Angeles."

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