OMPA & Miller Nash - LEGAL SERIES - # 3 — Production Legal & Delivery

Keep Your Project Protected: The legal tools and delivery standards that get your project distributor ready.
About this Event

Workshop #3 - Production Legal & Delivery

Keep Your Project Protected: The legal tools and delivery standards that get your project distributor ready.

This workshop provides creators a practical overview of standard production legal documents and processes, including talent, crew, service provider, location, materials, NIL, and prop or equipment rental agreements. We’ll cover the baseline provisions major distributors generally expect to see in contracts, common terms that expose creators to risk, and the terms creators should not agree to. We’ll also break down the legal delivery elements major distributors commonly require, from rights verification materials to insurance and compliance documentation, so creators understand what “distributor ready” really means.

Chris Weathers is a business attorney focused on the sports, media, and entertainment industries, helping clients create, protect, and monetize content across a wide range of platforms. He advises major distributors, studios, production companies, independent creators, and emerging startups on all phases of content creation, including production finance, rights acquisition and development, production legal, and distribution. His experience spans film, television, podcasts, video games and esports, live and virtual events, publishing, music, and digital media, with projects that have premiered at Tribeca, appeared on major platforms, won Emmy Awards, and been shortlisted for the Oscars.

Agenda

🕑: 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
NETWORKING
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Production Legal & Delivery
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Q&A and MORE Networking