TRISTAR PICTURES v. DIRECTOR'S GUILD OF AMERICA

No. 96-55991.

160 F.3d 537 (1998)

TRISTAR PICTURES, INC., Petitioner-cross-respondent-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR'S GUILD OF AMERICA, INC., Respondent-cross-petitioner-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Wasserman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, California, for petitioner-cross-respondent-appellant.

Elliott Williams and David J. Korduner, Directors Guild of America, Inc., Los Angeles, California, for respondent-cross-petitioner-appellee.

Before: BROWNING, KOZINSKI and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Director Michael Apted was unhappy with the way Tristar Pictures edited his film, Thunderheart, for television. With the help of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), Apted sought a pseudonym for the director's credit, for as his name is so is he.1

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