Tisdale & Nicholson, LLP

FRANK M. LUNN

FRANK M. LUNN is a partner at Tisdale & Nicholson. He has over 19 years of experience in the entertainment industry. Frank has been involved in structuring entertainment transactions and practicing entertainment law for over a decade while working for and with top-tier studios, networks and production companies in film and television.

Frank’s practice primarily focuses on all facets of animation, independent filmmaking, wireless and new media content/exploitation. His clients include various creators, animators, production companies, producers, writers and directors. Frank also provides legal production counsel services on entertainment projects including theatrical features, episodic series, network specials, alternative/reality programming and movies-for-television.

Prior to forming his own law firm in 2002, Frank worked as an in-house business & legal affairs attorney for over 7 years at both Fox and Disney. His experience includes negotiating and drafting agreements regarding the acquisition, development, production, financing and distribution of cable and network programming. He has capably handled all aspects of day-to-day production affairs, including advising production executives and supervising legal oversight of domestic and international productions filmed in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany and the UK.

PARTNER

EMail: FLunn@T-NLaw.com

Tel: (310) 286-1260

Fax: (310) 286-2351

2029 Century Park East, Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA 90067

PRACTICES

Entertainment

EDUCATION

California Western School of Law,

1995, J.D.

University of Illinois,

1991, B.A.

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

While working as an in-house business and legal affairs executive, Frank also negotiated and drafted agreements for producers, writers, directors and talent as well as handled distribution agreements, license deals and production service agreements involving other studios, networks and production companies. Additionally, Frank has routinely advised clients regarding intellectual property issues and assisted with labor matters involving guilds and unions.

As the former head of business affairs for Saban Entertainment and Fox Family Worldwide in Canada, Frank negotiated and drafted agreements regarding the development, production, financing and distribution of diverse Canadian programming for 20th Century Fox and Paramount. He also assisted with budget preparation, compliance with Canadian tax credit initiatives and supervised implementation of union/guild collective bargaining agreements.

Frank is a member of the International Documentary Association, Association for Independent Commercial Producers and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He also serves on lawyer-referral panels for both California Lawyers for the Arts and the Beverly Hills Bar Association. In addition, Frank has been a featured speaker for the Disney Writer Fellowship Program, the Disney Director Fellowship Program, California Institute for the Arts, China Zhengzhou International Animation Summit, Animation Co-Op and The Scriptwriters Network.

Frank has the distinguished honor of having been named a “Southern California Super Lawyer / Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine for three years in a row (2005, 2006 and 2007).

Frank is a graduate of the University of Illinois and received his law degree from California Western School of Law in San Diego.