Joseph earned his B.A. from the University of North Texas and his J.D from Southwestern Law School. He is the founder of Lanius Law & Associates in May 2013, it is a boutique firm that specializes motion picture producers and production companies, offering consulting on financial structuring and investment and direct distribution sources in the United States, China and the Middle East. Joseph is also an entertainment attorney who specializes in distribution, finance and production legal affairs. Before entering private practice, Joseph served as Lead Counsel – Business & Legal Affairs for After Dark Films, where he was responsible for overseeing distribution and financial structuring for the After Dark Originals and After Dark Action slates as well as the individual titles consisting of over 20 feature films. Prior to that, he was Director of Business & Legal Affairs for IM Global, where he focused on distribution for the various films IM Global represented including the Paranormal Activity and Insidious franchises as well as Company Men (Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones), Bullet to the Head (Sylvester Stallone) and Safe (Jason Statham). Since entering private practice, Joseph has helped bring some of the current and former clients to worldwide audiences such like Cell (John Cusack, Samuel L Jackson), 478 (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Queen of the Desert (Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson), Dirty Grandpa (Zac Efron, Robert DeNiro), Hour of Lead (Thomas Jane, Anne Heche) and more films. WNLV Subsidiaries Executive
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Joseph S. Lanius
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