Laura Wheeler

Legal and Business Affairs

A senior-level legal and business affairs expert, Laura oversees all business activities at every stage of a project from acquisition to development and from production to post production legal and technical delivery on hundreds of hours of scripted, unscripted series, MOW’s, short and long form documentaries, and animated series and features.

Most recent legal and business affairs credits include “Invincible” (Amazon Prime), The independent feature Longlegs (Nicholas Cage, NEON) Stephen King adaptation The Monkey (Theo James) Psi Cops Animated (Adult Swim) The Hollow (Netflix) and 3 seasons of the documentary series Pets and Pickers (Discovery USA, Animal Planet).

Expert in all matters relating to legal, financing, US and Canadian film unions, negotiating talent and financing contracts, Canadian tax credits, domestic, US and international broadcasters, distributors and financiers. Estimation and oversight on provincial and federal tax credits, and maximizing opportunities. Served on various CMPA labour relations committees ACTRA, UBCP, DGC, BC Council of Film Unions. Past advisor for the CMPA on business affairs for emerging producers.