Understanding On-Camera Actor Contracts
The event is FREE. Please register in advance. Seating is general admission.
Do you understand the contracts you’re asked to sign as an on-camera actor? If not, this hour-long panel discussion followed by a half-hour Q&A is for you!
Join LCA for a panel discussion moderated by Ruth Kaufman with entertainment attorney Jerry Glover and casting director David O’Connor CSA to learn about ways to deal with contracts before, during, and after a booking. We’ll cover key terms, share tips, and help you gain skills to use as you negotiate compensation and releasing rights within your contracts. The panelists will also answer questions from the audience.
Doors open at 6pm and the Chopin’s cash bar will be open. The program runs 7-8:30pm.
About the Panelists:
Jerry Glover is a retired Partner at Leavens, Strand & Glover, LLC. His area of practice includes entertainment and intellectual property, including copyright, trademark, film, television, and theatre contracts. Among the many film, television, and theatre producers he has worked with are Harpo Productions, E! Entertainment, Warner Brothers Television, Warner Horizon, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, TMZ, and theatre producers of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre. Jerry Glover also serves on the board of directors of Lawyers for the Creative Arts.
David O’Connor CSA, O’Connor Casting Company
With over 30 years as a Casting Director, David O’Connor is still driven by the notion that talent can make or break a project and is continuously inspired by “that moment” when talent brings a creative vision to life.
David has cast thousands of projects including independent film, television, commercial, voice-over, print, industrial and music videos both nationally and internationally, for many of the industry's most respected directors, production companies and advertising agencies. David has made a name for himself and has established his office as one of the leading Casting Directors in the U.S.
Related Board and Organization experience includes serving on the Advisory Council for The Midwest Independent Film Festival, past Board of Directors for Chicago’s Collaboraction Theatre Company and Roadworks Theatre Company. He is also a member of CSA (Casting Society of America) and AICP (Association of Commercial Producers).
About the Moderator:
Ruth Kaufman, Actor and Author
Ruth Kaufman is a former attorney who got to play one on TV in Marvel Studios’ “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” on Disney+. Credits include numerous features, many short films, commercials, web series and more. Accolades include a 2021 Midwest Film Festival Best Actress nomination. She’s done thousands of voiceovers and has extensive improv experience. Ask what she did on “America’s Funniest People” and at the “America’s Got Talent” Season 8 judges' audition. She earned top performer awards at two corporations for increasing revenue via product contracts, sales and training and is the author of six novels including My Life as a Star (Top Comedy, 2020 Launch Pad Prose Competition) on Amazon. Ruth is a board member of Lawyers for the Creative Arts. Learn more at ruthtalks.com and ruthkaufman.com.