Can you suggest an appropriate form for obtaining licenses, permissions, and approvals from talent and crew who have contributed to making a film or video production?
You may want to read my book: Contracts in the Film and Television Industry, 2nd Edition, published by Silman-James Press. It has a variety of form contracts with explanations. Be careful about using forms if you don’t understand their terms. Question: An on-air talent has an existing contract that was negotiated by their agent. They have one year left on the contract with their agent and three years left on their contract with a production company as talent. If the talent renegotiates his own contract with the production company, does he owe his current agent 10% on the new contract, or only 10% on the previous contract? Answer: You need to examine the terms of your agency agreement and also to determine whether this is an agent who is franchised by one of the guilds. Most talent agreements provide that even if the talent negotiates a deal directly, the deal is commissionable by the agent as long as the agency agreement remains in force. Whether or not the agent is entitled to a commi
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