How to Draft a Screenplay Collaboration Agreement & Why You Need One

How to Draft a Screenplay Collaboration Agreement & Why You Need One A screenplay collaboration agreement represents a written agreement that documents how parties will collaborate on the writing, and subsequent sharing of rights, to a screenplay. Whenever multiple parties are involved in the creation of a screenplay, a collaboration agreement is not only recommended. […]

Film Law: What Is a “Work for Hire Agreement”?

If you’re a filmmaker, or screenplay writer, there’s a very strong likelihood that you’ve experienced situations in the past in which the work that you did was owned not by you, but by your employer, as a result of standard U.S. copyright laws. In fact, production companies in the film industry rely heavily on U.S. […]

Is a Work Made for Hire Clause Really Necessary on Film Projects?

As a filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, or anyone else involved in the production of a film, who owns the right to the copyright? Does the producer maintain copyright rights because he or she is the one in charge of the project? What about the production company as a whole, do they own copyright rights? What if […]

Is a Producer Work for Hire Agreement Really Important?

Is a Producer Work for Hire Agreement Really Important? As a film producer, you’ve most certainly been involved in your share of situations in which a work for hire agreement has been made or implied. Whether you’re a producer that is looking to hire a particular artist to provide work for a film or you’re […]