As an entertainment attorney, I am often called upon to assist writers who have gotten themselves into trouble because they do not understand how their work may infringe the rights of others. A writer who learns the fine points of the law through trial and error is receiving …
Producer Peter Phok and I speaking on a panel at IFP’s Filmmaker Conference.
In the year and a half since Brian Newman wrote his very apt and memorable post, “Killing the Film Fest Panel,” panels haven’t improved much. In that time, I’ve spoken on or moderated over a dozen …
As the weather turns from a chilly gray to a warm yellow, spring in New York makes me think about a few things – picnics along the High Line, the start of weekend excursions with my dog AND the Tribeca Film Festival. I’ve always loved Tribeca for its documentary films, the …
Veteran Entertainment Attorney Mark Litwak gives valuable legal insight for every filmmaker in a new series of legal videos on IFP’s YouTube Channel and we wanted to share the a few videos to get onto your radar. Litwak has a no nonsense approach to important legal subjects such …
Gut Renovation premieres at the reRun Gastropub Theater in DUMBO Brooklyn Friday April 19th- Thursday April 25th. For information on tickets, click here.
Su Friedrich’s Gut Renovation focuses on something all New Yorkers can relate to one way or another: gentrification. After living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for two decades, Su Friedrich …
In a suit filed recently in federal court in Chicago[1], a top Sherlock Holmes scholar alleged that many licensing fees paid to the Arthur Conan Doyle estate have been unnecessary, since the main characters and elements of their story derive from materials in the public domain. The suit was brought …
In this new golden age of television, drama is no longer the d-word, and the small screen is leading to big paydays. How do you get in, and what opportunities are there for talented storytellers?
Featuring: Rose Troche, Writer/Director of “L-Word” and Daniel Minahan, Director of “True Blood”, “Game of Thrones”, …
My Brooklyn will be opening for a 3rd week run at the reRun Theater in DUMBO Brooklyn. For tickets click here.
Kelly Anderson and Allison Lirish Dean’s My Brooklyn, a documentary about the forced gentrification of Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall, opened theatrically this past January as part of IFP’s new partnership …