CelTx - OnLine Collaboration

Celtx offers free scripting software and rents their server for on-line collaboration for making media - film, video, theatre, and animation - and allows for a complete media rich breakdown of your project: Share scripts, breakdown files, budgets, schedules, and location forms.

Entertainment Attorneys

These are several Entertainment Attorneys in Austin licensed in Texas and admitted to New York or California.

Funding

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Information on Grants

City of Austin Funding Programs

Documentaries.org

IFP Filmmaker Library

Money Matters Article by Michael Bergman

Notes taken during the Finding Funding Panel at SXSW 2005.

Texas Filmmaker Production Fund

Insurance

Consult the section on Film Permits, Insurance and Location Agreements for information on Insurance.

Recommended Reading

Filmmakers and Financing - Business Plans for Independents by Louise Levinson, Fifth Edition published 2007. View Selected Chapters at Amazon.com

Business Plans here are teasers to encourage you to purchase their package. However, the information here may be a good place to start. Film Austin is in no way affiliated with this company. It's just there for your perusal.

Search Inside these other resources on Amazon.com

IFP Library

SXSW 2005 Acquisitions Panel

SXSW 2005 Acquisitions Panel. The message these people delivered was, "If you are a producer who is easy to work with and has a great script, Send us your Script." (Some of these people have moved on, so you should research contact person before initiating dialog.)

Daniel Katz, Acquisitions, THINKFilm, VP Acquisitions, 155 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10013, (646) 293-9400, dkatz@thinkfilmcompany.com , www.thinkfilmcompany.com

Brittany Ballard, Acquisitions, Newmarket Films 202 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, Ca 90210, (310) 858-7472, brittany@newmarketcap.com , www.newmarketfilms.com

Tom Quinn, Acquisitions Magnolia Pictures, Head of Acquisitions, 115 W. 27th, 8th Fl., NY, NY 10001 (212) 924-6701, tq@magpictures.com , www.magpictures.com

Tamara Lecker, Acquisitions, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 1133 Broadway, Ste 926, NY, NY 10010, (212) 367-0859, tamara@samuelgoldwyn.com

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