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Director of Photography Agreement

Director of Photography Name: _____________________________________
(Print Names)

Producer(s) Name: _______________________________________________

Producer Company: ______________________________________________

Project Name: __________________________________________________

Project Genre: _________________________________________________
(film, music video, stage production, game show, etc)

Herein this Agreement the independent Filmmaker is called the “Producer”.

1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the above named and below signed Producer hereby engages the above named and below signed Director of Photography as an “Independent Director of Photography” to perform the services set forth herein, and the Director of Photography hereby accepts such engagement.

2. The Director of Photography shall not sign any contracts for or on behalf of the Producer nor the Project in any way nor manner whatsoever.

4. The Director of Photography will commence duties on ______________, 20__ and continue until _____________, 20___. Consumption of Drugs or Alcohol before or during the Extra’s time on the Project and or creating a nuisance that interrupts the Project in any manner whatsoever will command immediate dismissal from the set and Project.

5. The Director of Photography understands that she/he shall receive __________________ compensation for her/his skill and services as a Director of Photography for the above named Project. Those services required of the Director of Photography by the Producer(s) are detailed in Appendix ”A”.

6. During this engagement, the Director of Photography will render services whenever and wherever Producer may require, in a competent, conscientious, and professional manner, meeting the needs of the Producer in all matters, including those involving artistic taste and judgment. The Producer shall have no obligation to actually utilize the Director of Photography’s services, or to include any of Director of Photography's work in the Project, or to producer, release, or continue the distribution of the Project.

7. Each department shall be responsible for all recoverable items, which must be inventoried and accounted for at the end of Principal Photography. These items should be organized, boxed, and returned . . . (continued)