Michelle Chang

(Partner)
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Guiding and supporting production companies and creatives from conception to completion, Michelle Chang represents production companies, producers, distributors and others in bringing their films, documentaries, commercials, new media and short form content to market.

Recently named among Variety’s 2020 Legal Impact Report transnational attorney honorees, Michelle focuses on financing and distribution legal and general counsel services for production, sales, distribution and post-production companies. Her representative clients include Boardwalk Pictures, Hunting Lane Films, The Solution Entertainment Group, Vantage Media International, Vice Media, Image Nation, Scout Productions, and Campfire Film & TV.

Highlights

  • Michelle is advising producers with projects at Netflix and Warner Bros such as Emmy-nominated series “Chef’s Table” and “Queer Eye”.
  • Michelle represented The Solution Entertainment Group, “Killerman” with Liam Hemsworth (approx. $8M budget) and its theatrical release in August 2019

Select Projects and Deals

Financing and Distribution Legal/General Counsel

  • The Solution Entertainment Group
    “Killerman” with Liam Hemsworth
    “Honest Thief” with Liam Neeson
    “LIVE!” with Aaron Eckhart
  • Boardwalk Pictures
    Projects with Netflix, Warner Bros., Fox and Quibi such as “Chef’s Table,” “The Goop Lab,” “Last Chance U,” “Street Food,” and “You Ain’t Got These”
  • VMI Worldwide
    Financing and Production Legal for “Wake Up” and “Wander”
  • Wild Canary
    “Puppy Dog Pals” for Disney
    “The Chicken Squad”
    “The Rocketeer”
  • Campfire
    2019 Emmy-nominated series “Special,” as well as “Innocent Man,” The Most Dangerous Animal of All,” and “Women in Comedy”
  • Scout Productions
    2019 Emmy-nominated series “Queer Eye”
    HBO Max deals for “Legendary,” “The Greatest Space,” and “Equal”
  • Hunting Lane Films
    “Parenting Without Borders” deal with Disney+
    2020 Sundance selection “Us Kids”
  • Image Nation
  • Vice Media
    “Judy & Punch,” a 2019 Sundance premiere
  • The Midroll
  • Electric City
    “30 for 30” ESPN shows, “After Party” and “Mississippi Grind”
  • Kiss and Tale
    “Deadly Illusions” starring Kristin Davis and Dermot Mulrone

Production Legal

  • Upcoming releases “Live!” and “Honest Thief”
  • “Holler,” 2020 SXSW selection
  • “Scales,” 2020 SXSW selection
  • “Killerman,” 2019
  • “Wander,” 2019
  • “Halston,” 2019
  • “Boy Genius,” 2019
  • “Monsters and Men,” 2019
  • “Chef’s Table,” 2015-present

Awards/Recognitions

Affiliations

  • Professional Entertainment Female Attorneys (PEFA)
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association

Bar Admissions

  • State Bar of California

Education

J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, cum laude
B.A., University of Maryland, College Park, magna cum laude

Judicial Internship

U.S. District Court for the Central District