Free Fill-in-the-Blank Screenwriting Collaboration Contract Forms for Writers
These are free sample collaboration contract posted on the web by writer James A. Conrad, co-author of Filmmaker's Dictionary. Website: http://jamesaconrad.com. They are based on versions available elsewhere on the Internet, but have new material added to them. These contracts may be used as is or can be modified before signing. You may also copy and paste them elsewhere to fit your needs. If you have any good suggestions for improving these contracts, send them to James and he will revise these pages. The contract pages are best viewed at 800 x 600 pixel screen size; otherwise, view them in Print Preview to see how they will look when printed. The writers may also want to initial each page in handwriting to indicate their acceptance.

Screenwriters' Collaboration Agreement

Printout Version: 2 Writers.

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Screen resolution: 800 x 600.
Text size: Medium.
Printer page setup margins: .75 inches.
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What if your script is being written by three writers, one of whom only provides the story?   Sample contract.

Printout Version: 3 Writers.   NEW:  Movie List - Movies with a writing team of three or more screenwriters

Printout Version: 4 Writers. Like the Three Writer Contract, it prints out as six pages on a laser printer.

Note: Writing teams of four or more writers require a team waiver if any of them is a member of the Writers Guild of America West or East. The member(s) submit the waiver request to the Guild.

Print the following add-on forms using the above settings:

• Collaboration Contract Amendment Form.
• Continuation Sheet Form.

Another contract: Author Collaboration Agreement (general writer collaboration contract for books, articles, etc.).

Offsite Information:

• Writers Guild of America Writer's Collaboration Agreement (.pdf file). Note: On writing teams of three or more, if one person is a Writers Guild of America member, a "team waiver" must first be obtained from the Guild before a spec script can be sold or a Guild member writer hired to write.
• "The Contract and the Writer" article by Angela Bond.
• Done Deal Professional (Many contracts: collaboration, life story, screenplay option, releases).
• Deal points check lists (with video tutorial links).
• Google search: sample screenplay option contract.