David Boyle's Contact Details

David Boyle's Company Details

David Boyle, A Professional Corporation

Santa Monica, California, United States • 3 Employees
Entertainment

For over 30 years, providing business and legal affairs and strategic planning expertise to preeminent independent production, finance and distribution companies in the motion picture industry.Representative clients include Entertainment One ("Atomic Blonde," "Manchester by the Sea"), Focus Features ("Boogie"), Imperative Entertainment ("The Mule"), RT Features ("Ad Astra," "The Witch," "Call Me by Your Name"), Groundswell Productions ("Trumbo," "Milk"), Star Thrower Entertainment ("King Richard"), Rhea Films/Hercules Film Fund ("Bruised," "Joe Bell," "Palmer") and Andrew Lauren Productions ("Vox Lux").High-quality business and legal affairs services in connection with development, production, financing and distribution of motion pictures, including the following areas: • Negotiating and drafting rights, writer, director and producer development agreements.• Acting as lead production counsel for major studios and independent financiers (e.g., all above-the-line and below-the-line agreements).• Strategic advisory regarding financing, production and distribution business plans.• Structuring alternative financing opportunities (e.g., production "gap" loans, governmental location-based incentives, etc.).• Negotiating financing, distribution and completion bond documentation.• Resolving corporate, copyright, insurance, clearance, completion bond, location, and other production issues. • Resolving chain-of-title issues.• Overseeing outside counsel as to music and immigration matters.• Managing guild signatory process and legal and physical delivery to domestic and international distributors.• Management of support and infrastructure operations for motion picture production companies, including office administration, human resources, risk management, facilities management, and accounting and financial reporting.• Accounting and financial reporting services as to development projects, production budgets, equity investors and profit participants.