Script Nondisclosure Agreement

Do you own the rights to a project being considered for production as a motion picture? Protect those rights with this Confidentiality Agreement for Film Project.

• The Agreement should be signed by any producer or filmmaker with whom you've been discussing the possibility of developing a project using your material.
• The producer agrees to keep all information strictly confidential and not disclose it to any third party.
• The producer will use the information solely for the purpose of evaluating whether to go ahead with a film treatment of the material, and will only disclose the information to individuals that you have approved in writing.
• The producer will indemnify you against any loss or disclosure, and from all actions, claims or costs arising out of any breach of the agreement by the producers.

Don't risk having someone else use your ideas - get them to sign the Confidentiality Agreement form before you let them see your material. This is a digital template that can be re-used as often as you like.

If you're a struggling filmmaker trying to make your movie on a shoestring budget, try the deferred compensation approach.

• This Deferred Compensation Agreement is between the producer, investors and other stakeholders in the motion picture.
• The Agreement outlines the cast, crew, budget, and production schedule of the film.
• The Agreement breaks down how revenues received by the producer from the film will be applied: first, to payment of outstanding payables, secondly to repaying the investors, and then to the other principal stakeholders.

A Deferred Compensation Agreement allows you to reduce your upfront costs during production of the film by deferring payment until the film is generating revenues.

Hire a screenwriter for a specific motion picture project with this template Screenwriter Work for Hire Contract for US productions.

• The screenwriter is being retained on a work for hire basis, as defined by United States copyright law. All ownership of the material developed by the screenwriter in connection with the motion picture belongs to the producer.
• The screenwriter will be paid a fixed fee, plus bonus compensation calculated as a percentage of net revenues after breakeven.
• The screenwriter will also be accorded writing credit for any completed production.
• The screenwriter grants the producers a perpetual right to use his/her name, image and voice in connection with the marketing of the motion picture.
• The screenwriter also assigns to the producer any right he/she may have in the material developed for the motion picture.