Episode 8: From Script to Screen. The Legal Essentials Every Filmmaker Needs to Know

Miles Alva has produced films for Disney, 20th Century Fox, Amazon, Netflix, and most recently, Misty Green for A24, written and directed by Chris Rock. In this episode of My Lawyer Friend, Anne and Brittany sit down with Miles to cover the legal foundations every independent filmmaker needs before they shoot a single frame, what the path to a career in Hollywood actually looks like, and what's really at stake as the major studios consolidate. We get into shopping agreements, chain of title, the CAMA collection account, production insurance, and the very real consequences when any of it goes wrong. Plus: the Misty Green cast reveal, the Cannes target, what makes this Chris Rock project unlike anything you'd expect, and Miles's honest take on how he broke in — from community college to USC to A24.

ABOUT MILES ALVA
Miles Alva is an independent film producer and studio executive based in Los Angeles. His award-winning films have been showcased at prestigious festivals and distributed by Disney, 20th Century Fox, Amazon, and Netflix. Most recently, he produced the A24 film Misty Green, written and directed by Chris Rock, starring Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Rosalind Elazar, Anna Kendrick, Anthony Anderson, Busta Rhymes, Topher Grace, and Alexandra Shipp.
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