Overview
One of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in Hollywood provides easy-to-understand, expert advice for writers, agents, attorneys, and film students on all the legal issues involved in the business of screenwriting. Breimer gives a concise and enlightening explanation of the screenwriter's position in the industry, offering an illuminating overview of contracts, options and purchase agreements, writing assignments, copyright, collaboration agreements, the producer's role, and working with agents and lawyers. Without question the most definitive, authoritative guide to making deals and doing business as a screenwriter, this is an indispensable resource for both fledgling and established writers that will help them to negotiate the best deal, protect their work, and get fair compensation for it.Synopsis
This authoritative guide will help both fledgling and established writers to negotiate the best deal, protect their work, and get fair compensation for it. One of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in Hollywood provides easy-to-understand, expert advice on all the legal issues involved in the business of screenwriting. He gives an enlightening explanation of the screenwriter's position in the industry and then provides a thorough discussion of contracts, options, and working with agents and lawyers. This book shows screenwriters what to give up as a lost cause and what to hold out for.
• Includes current Writer's Guild minimums and recent legal development
• "A book that should be in every screenwriter's library."—Syd Field, author of Selling a Screenplay
• This replaces 1-58115-021-0