Talent agreements, location releases, vendor agreements, rights assignments — drafted by an attorney who's actually worked production. Fast turnaround. Plain English. NY-licensed.
Generic commercial templates don't survive contact with a real production schedule.
Pre-production is two weeks. You don't have time for a 14-day-turnaround attorney. Standard reviews here are 3–5 days, and rush is faster.
Multiple writers, prior options, source-material licenses, third-party assignments — every project drags a paper trail. I've untangled enough of them to know where the ghosts hide.
Union and non-union, work-for-hire, independent contractor, deferred compensation — the agreements have to match the relationship, not the template.
Most engagements pull from this list. Bundled scoping is available for full-project coverage.
Transferring rights between entities, handling prior third-party deals, and structuring the assignment so post-execution surprises don't emerge in distribution.
Optioning material to studios, networks, or distributors. Setting up a deal that protects your project if the option doesn't exercise.
Crew, editors, designers — drafting WFH agreements that actually transfer rights cleanly under the Copyright Act, not aspirational template language.
Performer agreements, talent releases, on-camera releases for documentary work. Customized to whether the project is union or non-union, scripted or doc, paid or deferred.
Property and venue agreements that hold up against insurance carriers' actual requirements — not just signature collection.
Confidentiality agreements with collaborators, mutual NDAs for pitch meetings, and the protective infrastructure for everything that gets discussed before paper exists.
A NY-based creative production company needed to assign rights to a third-party entity. The original deal touched multiple prior agreements with different parties — some signed, some never finalized. Drafted the assignment, mapped the prior chain, and coordinated with the receiving entity's in-house counsel through final execution.
Pick the one that matches the project phase you're in.
Send the project brief, the rough deal points, or just describe what you're working on. The first call is free and we can usually scope a fee on that call.
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