Lisa Callif is a Founding Partner of Donaldson Callif Perez and represents independent producers and production companies in equity financing, production, and distribution, with deep expertise in fair use, copyright, and personal rights issues. Some of Lisa’s notable transactional matters include advising clients like acclaimed filmmaker Richard Linklater, Academy Award-winner Fisher Stevens’ Highly Flammable, Academy Award-winner director/producer Bryan Fogel, LeBron James’ Uninterrupted, Mark Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas, the Safdie Brothers’ Elara, the documentary division of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity, Asteria (formerly XTR), AGC Studios and MGX Creative, providing legal counsel for development, production, clearance matters, and more. She also serves as general counsel to the not-for-profit organizations Film Independent and Women in Film. Lisa has been honored as a “Power Lawyer” by The Hollywood Reporter, one of “America’s Top Women Lawyers” by Forbes, and a “Top Entertainment Lawyer” by the Daily Journal, among other accolades.
