Greetings. A question for writers who have been in a situation that needs two writers for a work but writers are in different countries. How to make a contract for the writer who is in a distant place, another country? And that he receives profits from the projection of the film. How to give confidence to a foreign writer. Any examples of written contract already written? Some explanation.
Screenwriting : Foreign writer. by Rayner Guerra
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You can search for templates for contracts, I know they have a free template on the WGA website. I've used this one before: https://www.thescreenplaywriters.com/blog/screenwriter-contract-agreement-between-a-screenwriter-and-a-client/
Hope that helps as far as contracts. As for making sure they get paid, I suppose it would be up to the payment plan, I don't see why they couldn't be paid directly as well but I suppose you could set yourself as the go-between for them.
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I've written several times for producers in countries other than my own. As Nathan suggests, I started with a contract template I got from my local writing guild (the Australian Writers' Guild). I then modified that according to the terms of our agreement. How and when I get paid is part of those modifications.
I have dealt with overseas organisation (not in screenwriting) for many projects. A clause(s) to add should focus on the jurisdiction that issues will be handled in. So something like: Both parties agree that complaints will be dealt with in New York.
Or
Regardless of the jurisdiction we will be using rules and laws as set out by the WGA West,
Just so both parties know what rules are being used.