This past Monday, RPJ’s Nicole Page and Daniel Ain presented their “Ask Us Anything” panel on Producing and Directing Day at the Fall 2024 DOC NYC festival, where the two answered everything you've always wanted to know about the legal aspects of producing and directing documentaries. Ms. Page and Mr....
Congratulations to RPJ clients Wendy Lobel and Zipatone films on DOC NYC premiere of their films Anxiety Club and Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse! Anxiety Club examines anxiety through the eyes of comedians, candidly reflecting on the mental health disorder using humor, exclusive interviews and intimate views into everyday life. RPJ client and...
This past Friday, RPJ Attorneys Nicole Page and Daniel Ain presented a panel at the Fall 2023 DOC NYC festival on “Documentary Ethics and the Law”. The panel, which was sponsored by RPJ and Hulu, featured clients Jess Devaney, Nicholas Bruckman, Viridiana Lieberman, and Beth Aala who provided key insight...
This Friday 11/11, RPJ Partner Nicole Page and Senior Associate Daniel Ain will be leading a panel on the current state of defamation law and its impact on documentary filmmaking at Producing Day at DOC NYC. They will be joined by Jessica Devaney, founder of Multitude Films, and Phil Bertelsen,...
Warm congratulations to RPJ client, Stephanie Johnes, whose documentary Maya and the Wave is opening the 13th annual DOC NYC festival on November 9th. Maya and the Wave follows Brazilian athlete, Maya Gabeira, as she battles injuries and gender bias to make her mark in the male-dominated world of competitive...
On November 18, RPJ Partner Nicole Page and Associate Michelle Lamardo moderated a dynamic conversation at DOC NYC 2021 on New Trends in Ethics and Documentaries. Nicole and Michelle were joined by filmmakers Rudy Valdez (The Sentence, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints) and Jessica Devaney, founder of Multitude Films. They...
This Thursday, November 18, RPJ Partner Nicole Page and Associate Michelle Lamardo will lead an engaging discussion at DOC NYC, the largest documentary festival in the United States, on New Trends in Ethics and Documentaries. The panel is held as part of the festival’s “Legal for Docs Day” to explore...
On November 14, RPJ Partner Nicole Page led an engaging discussion at DOC NYC regarding the thorny legal questions that can arise in producing true crime documentaries. Nicole was joined by esteemed filmmakers and producers Trish Adlesic, Allison Berg, Josh Levine and Matthew Galkin. The panelists addressed issues ranging from defamation...
RPJ Partner Nicole Page is leading a panel at DOC NYC called "True Crime: Understanding Your Rights, Gaining Access, Protecting Your Footage" on Thursday, November 14th at 3:15 p.m. at Cinépolis in Chelsea. The panel will address how filmmakers can navigate defamation and privacy claims, complex subject matters and relationships,...
RPJ congratulates our client Particle Productions, Inc. on the upcoming world premiere of its new documentary The Show's the Thing: The Legendary Promoters of Rock. Exploring a little-known chapter of rock history, this film tracks the promoters and agents who worked with such stars as The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, and...