

Work closely with creative production, physical production, labor, post production, marketing, home entertainment, merchandising & music to facilitate production and distribution of films.

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Advise finance and marketing teams regarding talent and brand approvals, product placement and other license requirements. Provide counsel to creative and business development executives regarding terms of agreements, including intellectual property rights, guild issues, and matters relating to multiplatform exploitation of content. Key Responsibilities: Negotiate agreements for all facets of motion picture acquisition, production, co-production distribution and development, including license agreements, above-the-line agreements, option and literary purchase agreements, production services agreements, contingent compensation definitions, and distribution license agreements. This business affairs ED will work closely with senior business, finance and production executives worldwide to structure, negotiate, and administer production, co-production, finance and license agreements for motion pictures. The position will focus primarily on transactions to acquire and produce motion pictures for SPWA, and develop and produce motion pictures for Screen Gems.

Screen Gems is a development and production division that focuses on commercial films from a broad spectrum of genres (from THE RESIDENT EVIL and UNDERWORLD franchises to THE INTRUDER and BLACK and BLUE, to EASY A and FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS). Recent films include GREYHOUND, the INSIDIOUS franchise, DON'T BREATHE and the upcoming DON'T BREATHE 2, and SEARCHING and the upcoming SEARCHING 2. Sony Pictures Entertainment is looking for an Executive Director of Business Affairs to join the Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) and Screen Gems team the role will split their time between the two divisions.SPWA is the specialty acquisition and production division at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was created to acquire and/or finance & produce primarily independently produced, moderately budgeted films that are marketed to targeted audiences.
