Bio

Skip Brittenham is a founding partner of Ziffren Brittenham LLP. He continues to represent top-tier actors, directors, producers, writers and personalities. Currently the bulk of his practice involves transactional law, in which the aggregate dollar amount of his deals, including the acquisition and sale of media companies, financing film slates and other media projects, have averaged over $1 billion annually for the past decade. He represents independent studios, major studios top brass, animation companies, motion picture production companies, and entertainment conglomerates. He also has supervised numerous successful public offerings of media companies. His innovative deal-making has continually challenged and altered common assumptions about distribution deals, talent deals, cross-platform deals, emerging digital media contracts, celebrity/product endorsements, and more. He is also active in venture capital investments. He is married to actress and screenwriter Heather Thomas. He has three daughters, Kristina Lynn, Shauna Leigh and India Rose.