For Aspiring Producers
Whether you’re an actor, director, writer, an aspiring business professional or a passionate creative interested in how the production industry works, this series will save you time and money. Producer Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide to Business Affairs and Production Law for Film & Television offers you the tools you need to effectively navigate the Film & TV production landscape and get your first project off the ground.
Learn from the very best
Developed and designed by top entertainment lawyers, Lori Massini & Heather Watt, Producer Essentials brings together current industry legal experts & business professionals to provide step-by-step instruction, essential information & firsthand experience into every video session.
Master Class Instruction
Through 12 video modules, totalling 16 hours of content, this self-paced course covers all aspects of producing a film or television production, from financing the project and post-production requirements to marketing and pitching your project to investors, festivals and distributors.
Producer Essentials - Fair Use and Fair Dealing
Faculty
Lisa Callif
Lawyer and Partner, Donaldson Callif
As a founding partner of Donaldson + Callif, Lisa Callif is the go-to attorney for Hollywood’s most acclaimed independent producers of film, television and web-based content. Her extensive experience in clearance, fair use and copyright issues, along with her reputation for obtaining Errors & Omissions insurance for seemingly impossible projects, has earned the trust and loyalty of the industry’s top talent. For this work, Lisa has been consistently recognized in The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers list, Daily Journal’s Top Entertainment Lawyers list, and Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report and Women’s Impact Report. Along with Partner Michael Donaldson, Lisa has co-written two books: Clearance and Copyright, 4th Edition, and The American Bar Association’s Legal Guide to Independent Filmmaking — revered as the guiding principles for the film industry.
Bob Tarantino
Counsel, Dentons
Bob Tarantino is Counsel at Dentons Canada LLP and focuses his practice on the interface between the entertainment industry and intellectual property law, with an emphasis on film and television production, financing, licensing, distribution, and IP acquisition and protection. His clients range from artists and independent producers to Canadian distributors and foreign studios and financiers at every stage of the creative process, from development to delivery and exploitation. Bob has been recognized as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in the area of entertainment law in the Lexpert / American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Who’s Who Legal: Canada and The Best Lawyers in Canada.
