Don't miss Entertainment Attorney Steven Schechter's amazing The Film Business workshop

There are only a few spots left in Entertainment Attorney Steven Schechter's amazing The Film Business workshop which will be taking place on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Steve is a brilliant entertainment attorney who has represented some of the best in the motion picture industry including Academy Award winners Gregory Peck and Barbara Kopple.

The Film Business: Basic Legal and Business Aspects of Motion Picture Production and Distribution.

This workshop is designed to inform participants about the legal and business aspects of the motion picture and entertainment industries. The workshop welcomes producers, film/videomakers, film/video students, lawyers, as well as amateurs and the general public. Participants will learn the general rules of law which apply to the production and distribution of motion pictures and other audio-visual productions and will learn the basic provisions of common contracts used in the motion picture industry. Topics will include: what rights are needed to produce a motion picture; how to obtain music, film clips and other clearances for audio-visual productions; and typical financing and distribution arrangements.

Day/Time/Place: Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 12 Noon to 3:00 PM, Loree Bldg. #024, Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Fee: $100 +25 for Materials = General Public; $90 +25 for Materials
= Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends

Instructor: Steven C. Schechter, Esq.
About the Instructor: Steven C. Schechter is a film industry attorney who practices law in New Jersey and New York and is a lecturer on entertainment law at Seton Hall University. Mr. Schechter has represented Gregory Peck, Barbara Kopple, and many others. Mr. Schechter received his law degree from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City and has a B.A. in Television, Radio, and Film Production from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Prior to establishing his own firm, Mr. Schechter was associated with Chasen & Lichter, a New York entertainment law firm, where he practiced entertainment, art, and publishing law, and with the legal department of New Line Cinema Corp. in New York City. He is an advisor to the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc.

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