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Film Expert Witnesses

Films, also known as motion pictures or movies, are images moving in sequence usually with sound, that tells a story. These films are important because they provide social commentary and express cultural ideas. Society effects films and films influence society. There are many areas of film that lead to litigation and require a skilled expert witness including, financing, production, distribution, and more. Our film experts have worked as media consultants, professors, theatre professionals, actors, producers, film industry executives, and more. These experts specialize in:

  • Film music
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Film and culture
  • Literature
  • Probability theory
  • Hispanic cinemas
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Legal translations
  • International film
  • Film legal issues
  • Producing
  • Acting
  • Directing
  • Screenwriting
  • Copyright
  • Trademark
  • Film-video production
With hundreds of years of combined experience, our film experts have successfully testified for both plaintiffs and defense in a variety of cases and are prolific international authors and lecturers. Their published works span topics that include venues around the world, biography, fiction, film history, cultural studies, photography, electronic media, speculative screenwriting, communication, propaganda campaigns, film development process, and entertainment law.

Here are a few of our favorite Film Expert Witnesses:

California Film, Theater, Television Expert #6353

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of film, television, theater, books with specific knowledge in the areas of adaption, intellectual property and writing. I have published on such topics as adaptation, screenwriting and playwriting. I am both a scholar in the field and a writer who makes a living doing scripts, so I have a unique perspective on what it takes to write in these fields.

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Fire, Accident, Media, Film Expert #12190

I have 50 years of experience, and specialize in the field of insurance with specific knowledge in the areas of non marine, insurance and reinsurance. I have testified 26 times on topics such as fire accident, contingency and insurance.

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California Theatre, Film, Television Expert #15964

I have 40 years of experience, and specialize in the field of theatre, film and television with specific knowledge in the areas of producing, acting and directing and screenwriting. I have published on such topics as stage and film and television acting, directing and film and television producing. I have served on the Fulbright Panel and on a U.S. Department of Education Task Force for Drama Education. I was also a Danforth Fellow.

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Rhode Island Film, Video, Public Art Expert #16066

I have 9 years of experience and specialize in the field of film-video production, with specific knowledge of Web-based video, installation and documentary. I have published on such topics as Web-based collaboration, interactive media and film-video installation.

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Indiana Holocaust Media, Film, Theory Expert #16265

I have 15 years of experience and specialize in the field of film and television, with specific knowledge of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and American Jewish history. I have published on such topics as Hollywood and anti-Semitism, representations of the Holocaust and American television. I have testified on an expert witness in communication, propaganda campaigns and advertising.

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The right expert witnesses and consulting experts can make your case. That’s why we have spent so many hours over the past quarter century making sure our clients have just the right expert team — whether one expert or many, early-stage advice or expert reports and testimony. Across over 50,000 expert search assignments, we have honed a unique, customized approach to identifying, analyzing and connecting with expert talent so you can focus on winning your case.

California Film, Screenplay, Movies Expert #17031

I have 20 years of experience in the field of film and television, with specific knowledge in the areas of screenwriting, film development, pitching and presenting and entertainment business. I have published on such topics as film development process, speculative screenwriting and basics that emerging screenwriters should know.

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California Film, Television, Marketing Expert #19386

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of film and television with specific knowledge in the areas of film and television production business, societal issues and film legal issues. I have published on such topics as social work practice through film and electronic media. I have testified on immigration-visa issues for employment in the United States.

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Alabama Film, European Culture Expert #19401

I have 22 years of experience in the field of history, with specific knowledge of European and East Asian history, and film. I have published on such topics as English cinema and English diplomatic history.

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California Film, Ecology, Photography Expert #19428

I have 20 years of experience and specialize in the field of literature and film, with specific knowledge of Scandinavian, American and German. I have published on such topics as autobiography and photography, film, and ecology and culture.

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New Jersey Cinema, Gender, Film, Culture Expert #20537

I have 28 years of experience and specialize in the field of media studies and translation, with specific knowledge of Hispanic cinemas, sociolinguistics and legal translations. I have published on such topics as film history, cultural studies, sexuality and media. I have testified 7 times on topics such as copyright infringement.

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New York Film, Shuffling, Computation Expert #21037

I have 30 years of experience in the field of mathematics, with specific knowledge of algebra, computation and probability theory. I have published on such topics as algebra, linear programming and card shuffling.

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Texas Literature, Film, Culture Expert #21444

I have 39 years of experience, and specialize in the field of comparative literature with specific knowledge in the areas of literature, film and culture. I have published on such topics as biography, fiction and film. I am active as a film reviewer and a book reviewer and have received national awards for both activities.

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New York Film, Music Theory Expert #22436

I have 45 years of experience, and specialize in the field of film with specific knowledge in the areas of film theory, film music and psychoanalysis. I have published on such topics as film, film music and French literature. I have given topics on these subjects in venues around the world, including Vienna, Melbourne, Seville, and Rio de Janeiro. I have given a presentation on Hitchcock and his early film, “The 39 Steps.”

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Indiana Translation, Film, Cinema Expert #22963

I have 10 years of experience, and specialize in the field of Spanish studies with specific knowledge in the areas of media, translation and Spanish language and literature. I have published on such topics as immigration in Europe, Spanish and European cinema and Spanish literature.

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California Film, Spanish, Latin America Expert #23256

I have 20 years of experience in the field of Latin American literature and film, with specific knowledge in the areas of Chile, Mexico and US Latino. I have published on such topics as Chilean novels.

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Massachusetts Theater, Film, Czech Republic Expert #23917

I have 22 years of experience, and specialize in the field of media and culture with specific knowledge in the areas of theatre, journalism and government audits. I have published on such topics as film, theatre and the Czech Republic. I have been consulted by The New Yorker, CBS, the BBC and NPR. I lived in the Czech Republic for two years.

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California Television Production, Film Expert #30182

I have 17 years of experience and specialize in the field of communications and education, with specific knowledge of television, video, film, career technical education and broadcast journalism. I have published on such topics as career and technical education, television production and successful teacher strategies. I have testified on video expert testimony and eye-witness accounts.

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Media, Film, Celebrity Expert #37171

I have 12 years of experience and specialize in the field of media psychology, with specific knowledge of media influence, celebrity and Internet communication. I have published on such topics as parasocial interaction.

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Ohio Trademark, Copyright, Film Expert #45261

I have 12 years of experience, and specialize in the field of copyright, trademark, computer and software law with specific knowledge in the areas of copyright, trademark and computer, software, and entertainment. I have published on such topics as copyirght, trademark and entertainment law. I have testified on copyright, trademark and computer software licenses ssues. I have been named as an expert, written a report, testified, and consulted as an expert on cases. I have also signfiicant expereince litigating copyright and trademark cases.

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