Director, Film Credits

Sony Pictures Entertainment•Culver City, CA

About The Position

This role is responsible for managing the precise and legalistic pipeline of screen credits for film projects. The Director will analyze contracts, ensure compliance with guild rules and company policies, and administer the creation and delivery of main and end titles. This position requires strong knowledge of union credit manuals, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. The Director will also supervise and direct Coordinators, advise on best practices, and handle submissions for awards like the Academy Awards and Golden Globes.

Requirements

7+ years of direct experience administering screen credits
5+ years leading the screening credits process
Working familiarity with Writer (WGA), Director (DGA), and Actor (SAG-AFTRA), Editor’s Guild and DGC, etc., credit manuals.
Detail-oriented: The ability to act as an "auditor" of names, titles, and contractual obligations.
Information Management: Communicating directly with producers, legal affairs, and studios while operating under tight, fluid post-production timeframes.
Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight time frames in a fast-paced environment.
Flexible, innovative, and solution-driven team player.

Nice To Haves

Experience in creating and administrating paid ad items.

Responsibilities

Analyze and interpret contracts to summarize legal and guild screen credit obligations.
Anticipate and follow up on credit provisions that violate standard process and precedence.
Create the exact layout for opening ("main") and closing ("end") titles for each project, ensuring strict adherence to guild rules and company policy.
Administer main and end titles for each project to meet delivery deadlines and ensure contractual and guild compliance.
Review and coordinate multiple rounds of main and end titles for each project until final approval.
Seek innovative solutions to guild and contractual credit restrictions.
Build and update forms and templates to improve team efficiency.
Advise and educate partners on best practices, precedents, and guild/union requirements.
Coordinate with various internal and external stakeholders regarding all aspects of screen credits.
Track all necessary credit revisions from both internal departments and external partners.
Create a comprehensive “check-K” document that tracks inconsistencies between screen credits and contractual items.
File preliminary documents such as the WGA Notice of Tentative Writing Credits.
Wrangle and review script submissions and confirm script cover sheets.
Liaise with guilds, provide information needed for arbitrations, and handle protests.
Obtain all necessary waivers from DGA, WGA, SAG, Editors Guild, DGC, etc.
Vet all titles on final cuts and mastering deliverables for studio/streamer compliance before deadlines.
Apply Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) credit standards to SPR movies not produced by SPE.
Set up task schedules for support staff.
Review and maintain policy and process guidelines on project lists.
Prepare and circulate Academy Award and RAISE submission forms internally.
Seek internal approval on draft forms from senior executives.
Submit internally approved forms to producers for feedback and approval.
Maintain and advise senior executives of ongoing deadlines.
Submit forms and respond to queries and requests from the Academy.
Advise Crunchyroll and SPWA staff regarding Academy precedence and practice.
Review submission information for Golden Globes, BAFTA, etc.
Head up meetings on RAISE with D&I, Privacy, Legal Affairs and Marketing.
Review one-sheets, start-of-production press releases, and press kit notes.
Collaborate with department colleagues and Marketing Contract Compliance on Marketing and Advertising Summaries.
Experience in creating and administrating paid ad items would be a plus.