Attorney / Journalist / Writer

JEREMY GELTZER BURBANK, CA

Email: *************@*****.***

Phone: 818-***-****

SUMMARY Legal professional with studio experience and private practice with focus on transactional

entertainment, IP, production, acquisition, music and location based entertainment. Published

author by a major university press on legal matters and film history. Background in television and

digital media production. Strong negotiation and drafting skills; expertise in licensing and

clearance as well as rights issues including delivery, chain of title and copyright.

THE LAW OFFICE OF JEREMY GELTZER, Burbank, CA

Selected Clients

• Thinkwell Group: Negotiated & drafted agreements for live productions, themed marketing, location-based

entertainment & FECs. Experience with international clients, PRC and MENA. Contract 1/2014-5/2014

• ABC/Disney: Negotiated & drafted licenses for Television programs & promotions. Contract 8/2013-1/2014

• Stroock & Stroock & Lavan: Rights research, drafted documents for litigation. Contract position-5/2013

• Hallmark SpiritClips: Negotiated & drafted distribution agreements for VOD content aggregator. Client

• Siena Entertainment: Negotiated, drafted agreements for publisher of enhanced e-books for children. Client

• TicTokLabs, Inc.: Advise on music and IP issues. Client

• Mark Saha: Represented screenwriter in negotiations with Barbra Streisand for Skinny and Kit. Client

• California Lawyers for the Arts: Pro-bono work to support the creative community. Consultant/Volunteer

PUBLISHED WRITING

• DIRTY WORDS & FILTHY PICTURES: FILM AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT: forthcoming from The University

of Texas Press. (2015)

• BEHIND THE SCENES: A YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO FILM HISTORY: published by Hollywood Press. (2013)

PARAMOUNT PICTURES, Los Angeles, CA

Attorney, Business and Legal Affairs – Music, March 2007 – March 2012

• Structured, negotiated, drafted, and reviewed production and distribution agreements, contracts, and licenses.

• Researched, analyzed, offered clearance recommendations for digital distribution.

• Upgraded for digital exploitation of catalog titles; Vetted materials for clearance and risk/exposure.

LIONSGATE FILMS, Santa Monica, CA

Attorney, Business and Legal Affairs, September 2006 – March 2007

• Drafted agreements for production, acquisition, and distribution of motion pictures and television content.

• Vetted materials for clearance and risk/exposure; Researched underlying rights, chain of title, and music.

WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC., Burbank, CA

Attorney, Intellectual Property, February 2004 – September 2006

• Analyzed and evaluated rights, chain of title and promotional content for digital exploitation.

• Managed various legal clearance issues related to production, marketing, promotion and distribution.

ADMITTED STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, DECEMBER 2004

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Los Angeles, CA

Juris Doctor, May 2004 (accelerated 2-year J.D. program)

Staff Member, “Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas,” article published May 2004

Academic Awards, Recipient of four CALI Excellence Awards including Business Transactions

EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, CA NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL

Master of Arts, Cinema Studies, May 1995 Bachelors, Radio-Television-Film, May 1991

FILM / PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

• TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, Atlanta, GA: Staff Writer, Website Editor, Documentary Producer (1994-2000)

• GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY: Adjunct Professor of Film History and Theory (2000)

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