Mercy

R, Good advice...and no, i don't want it to drag on. No, we haven't signed anything with WGA but the script is registered there and she is a member. Say, for argument sake i took it to court, would that be in Kenya or USA? The story is based in and shot in Kenya. She is American, the Director is American and i am Kenyan.

I know its too late to defend myself, but all those agreements were made by the Director/ Writer / co producer a year before i was hired to work on the film. My issue with giving her the credit is she is an extremely difficult person to deal with and I would not want her speaking / appearing / being publicly associated with the film. My question here is why is signing the writers agreement tied to the getting or not getting the producer credit? Isn't there a way I can file a complaint against her to WGA for refusing to sign the WA, since she has received the respective credit for that?

We are in post production of our film, which was shot in Kenya earlier this year. During development, the director/ writer /co-producer (American) had his former university prof (American) help in writing the script. To which, she is being credited for as a writer. She also came on board to coach the actors (the actors were non actors), also being credited. The director had asked her to raise money and she agreed to do so. She later wrote an email asking if she could be given the title 'Producer' as that would give more clout and strength when she approached funders. The director said yes. She came into Kenya one day before the first shoot day. Having her on set became too disruptive and the director asked her to leave, to which she agreed, for the sake of the production. She had not / still not raised any money for the film. Her departure was accompanied by an email from both the Director and I, the Producer, that outlined the reasons she had to leave and what she would get credited as.-Writer and Acting Coach. She has been insisting that she wants to be credited as Producer and failure to that, she will refuse to sign the Writers Agreement and will block the film from distribution, and will take legal action. There is the email from her asking to be given the Producer title to enable her to raise money. I know the Writers Agreement should have been signed way earlier, but i did not join the production until the 4 weeks before the shoot. What would you advise as the best way forward? Mercy Murugi Producer Togetherness Supreme now in post production Teaser- http://www.vimeo.com/7437999 Http://www.hotsunfilms.com