Summary: <p>The Entertainment Engine podcast welcomes our next special guest US entertainment attorney <strong>David Helfant</strong>. For the past 40 years, David has been practicing as an entertainment attorney specializing in <em>music, motion picture, television, and video production and distribution</em>. David is an expert<strong> </strong>in representing record <em>producers, recording artists, record and publishing companies, major motion picture studios, and television, film, and video production companies</em>.</p> <p>David's clients have included over the years; Johnny Carson, Slash, Van Halen, Columbia Pictures, The Walt Disney Company, Paramount Pictures, John Travolta, Phil Collins, Jennifer Warnes to name a few. David was the Senior Vice President of Paramount Pictures and headed their Music Business and Legal Affairs Department for many years where he supervised <em>attorneys, paralegals</em>, and assistants negotiating and documenting soundtrack <em>album, artist, producer, license, and music publishing agreements for motion picture productions at Paramount, MTV Films, and Nickelodeon Film</em>s. Including; <em>“The Italian Job”, “School Of Rock”, “Mean Girls”, “Team America”, “Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events”.</em></p> <p><em>David</em> has also been outside music counsel for The Weinstein Company, performing Business & Legal Affairs services on award-winning and highly acclaimed films such as; “Lion”, “Gold”, Southpaw”, "The Butler”, “The Iron Lady”, “Paddington”, “Scream 4”, “Scary Movie 5”, “The Tillman Story” and “Lawless”. David has also managed the career of <em>US Actress, producer, director, author, singer/songwriter</em>, <em>Jennifer Love Hewitt</em>, whose Hollywood career spans 30 years. Jennifer achieved much of her success by starring in movies such as, <em>“I Know What You Did Last Summer,”, “Heartbreakers,” and “The Client List” </em></p> <p>For more information on Helfant Law click on the link: https://www.helfantlaw.com</p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow & subscribe to ''The Entertainment Engine'' for weekly news & updates.</p> <p>(Podcast created by Peter Moore & BeX Gregory at Seamless Entertainment)</p> <p>Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/EntEngine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@entengine</a></p> <p>Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheEntertainmentEngine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/TheEntertainmentEngine</a></p> <p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seamless_entertainment/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@seamless_entertainment</a></p> <p>Sign up here for the <a href="https://sendfox.com/theentertainmentengine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Weekly Newsletter</a></p> <p>The Entertainment Engine - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/the-entertainment-engine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website </a></p> <p>Seamless Entertainment - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a></p> <p>The Entertainment Engine - <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/en-gb/t-shirt/13250254-the-entertainment-engine?ref_id=13814&store_id=471309" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch Store</a></p> <p>Email the team: podcast@seamlessentertainment.co.uk</p> <p>Send us a voice message for a chance to be featured on the show via - <a href="https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine/message" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine/message </a></p> <p>The background music was written & produced by<a href="https://push.fm/fl/b05hvryf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> BeX </a>& Alan Glass. (<a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/music-solutions" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seamless Music productions</a>)</p> <p>Podcast engineered & mixed by BeX Gregory.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/entertainmentengine/message
