About the Author

Mark Litwak, a veteran entertainment attorney with offices in Beverly Hills, California, has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer three times by Super Lawyers magazine and rating service. He represents filmmakers, producers, directors, writers, production companies, television networks, and new media companies and also works as an arbitrator, expert witness, and producers representative, assisting filmmakers in the marketing and distribution of their films. Litwak is the author of six books, including Dealmaking in the Film and Television Industry and Reel Power: The Struggle for Influence and Success in the New Hollywood. A professor of entertainment and copyright law, Litwak has taught at UCLA, Loyola Law School, and other universities and lectured on entertainment and copyright law for the American Bar Association, California and Texas Bar Associations, the American Film Institute, Harvard University, the University of Southern California, the Toronto Film Festival, and the Royal College of Art in London. As an authority on the movie industry, Litwak has often appeared on national television and radio shows.