In the documentary on legendary producer Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Evans explains early and often that...

Development is the time when your indie’s budget needs to be put to the test. It’s...

Selecting an attorney, or attorneys, to work with throughout the moviemaking process is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Likewise,...

You went to film school, not business school—yet all the sudden you’re confronted by a bevy...

Q: I did CGI work for a film and our contract states that they don’t acquire...

Q: I wrote a novel about a fictional reality TV dating show that bears similarities to...

Q: I was booked as a makeup artist on a production for the month of August....

When I was in film school many years ago, a rumor developed that the school owned...

Q: A producer recently approached me with a finished pilot script and asked me to write...

Q: I’m friends with a semi-famous musician and she’s helping me writing a biopic about her...

Q: I’m making a film and I’d like to use a quote from a famous person...

Doyle Lonnegan: Your boss is quite a card player, Mr. Kelly; how does he do it? ...

Q: Is there some way to ensure that I receive a “written by” or “screenplay by”...

Q: As a producer, what are my rights when filming a documentary subject as he confronts...

Q: Who owns the copyright to a script when it’s based off someone else’s originally created...

This situation is probably familiar to you: You don’t own it and you need to use...

Q: I wrote a screenplay and got a producer interested. He said he could generate interest...

“Can’t get around the old minimum wage, Mortimer.”- Louis Winthorpe, III (Trading Places, 1983) In theory,...

Also known as “Contracts or it didn’t happen,” this practice might help you get out of...

Q: I am writing a film based on a documentary I wrote, produced and directed in...

The industry is fraught with potential hazards for accidents. A select few on-set tragedies receive attention...