The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook - Softcover

Erickson, Gunnar; Tulchin, Harris; Halloran, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0825637236 ISBN 13: 9780825637230

Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books, 2010

Synopsis

In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent film-from the development process to deal making, financing, setting up the production, hiring directors and actors, securing location rights, acquiring music, calculating profits, digital moving making, distribution, and marketing your movie. This all-new second edition has been completed updated.

About this title

Review:

A marvelous primer that actually delivers what it promises.--Geoffrey Gillmore, programming director for Sundance Film Festival

By using the authors' techniques and suggestions, the prospects of success are clearly enhanced--Robert Dowling, editor

If you are in the independent film business, you must read this book--Cassian Elwes, William Morris Agency

This is a true bible for all aspiring and active independent producers.--Jean Picker Firstenberg, Director/CEO of The American Film Institute"

This is a true bible for all aspiring--and active--independent producers.--Jean Picker Firstenberg, Director/CEO of The American Film Institute

About the Author:

Gunnar Erickson is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School. He practiced over twenty years with Los Angeles entertainment law firms and presently runs the Erickson Law Firm in Malibu, California. He has been active with the UCLA Entertainment Law Symposium and formerly taught Entertainment Law at Pepperdine Law School and has frequently spoken and written about entertainment matters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0825637236
• ISBN 13: 9780825637230
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 464