Media Attorney

New York based attorney with more than three decades of experience in all areas of entertainment and media law including television, film, podcasting, news, sports, digital, social, mobile, online, gaming, licensing, publishing, consumer products, and live events.

Stephanopoulos Law is a focused law practice that provides strategic counsel, dealmaking, transactional support and advisory services for content creators and other entertainment professionals including investors and financiers.

Areas of representations include:

‣ Development

‣ Production Legal

‣ Rights Acquisitions

‣ M&A Advisory Services

‣ Legal Due Diligence

‣ Licensing

‣ External GC Services

‣ AI Counsel & Advisory

‣ Copyright & Fair Use

‣ Content Clearance

‣ Non-Legal Consultations

We are committed to delivering insightful, timely, and effective counsel for our clients and partners.

Independent Producer

Since 2008, George has produced or executive produced several award-winning narrative and documentary films and was a credited producer of the Harry Potter-inspired Off-Broadway hit comedy, PUFFS.

George serves on the Board of the Hellenic Film Society USA, a non-for-profit organization that promotes Greek filmmakers and those of Greek descent, as well as films that promote the cultures of Greece and Cyprus.

His Greek golf comedy SWING AWAY was shot on the island of Rhodes, Greece and stars Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie, Scary Movie, Love Actually) and newcomer Viktoria Miller among other notable Greek and American actors including John O'Hurley of Seinfeld fame and British comedic actor Karl Theobald (Get Him to the Greek, Plebs). As a female-driven film it was selected to premiere at the 2016 Bentonville Film Festival in Bentonville, Arkansas founded by Geena Davis, which organization champions women and underrepresented voices.

George's creative pursuits center on inspirational and meaning-focused films and video across sports, comedy, travel, community, race relations, civil rights and faith-based topics.

Projects

George Stephanopoulos represents Yannis Pantazis, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, instrument artisan and co-founder/co-owner of "Symposion Cultural Center" in Santorini, Greece, whose music CALLISTA on Double Syrinx was used in a key scene in Gladiator II between Lucilla and Marcus Acacius.

The All Rise Film Festival hosted by Cleveland State University School of Film and Media Arts in partnership with CSU College of Law will run October 14-18, featuring panel discussions with guest speakers including George Stephanopoulos.

George Stephanopoulos is an Executive Producer of Watershed, now streaming on Peacock®. The film was also released in select AMC® theaters nationwide and on Delta Airlines®.

Experience

Prior to founding Stephanopoulos Law, George served as Vice President & Associate General Counsel for Vox Media Studios and as Special Counsel and Senior Advisor to Group Nine Media, the digital media holding company behind NowThis, The Dodo, Thrillist, Seeker and POPSUGAR, that Vox Media acquired in February 2022.

Before Vox Media and Group Nine, George held various business and legal affairs and executive management positions at Nickelodeon (now Paramount Global), Classic Media (now part of DreamWorks Animation), Discovery Communications (now Warner Bros. Discovery), Golden Books Family Entertainment, and Broadway Video, an independent production and distribution company founded by Lorne Michaels, the creator and executive producer of “Saturday Night Live”.

George organized the 2014 inaugural “The Bronx in Hollywood Films” YES the Bronx Film Festival, an official Bronx Centennial Arts Event hosted at the Lehman College Lovinger Theater.

George is known and recognized for optimizing business affairs functions and profitability across multiple client groups and business units and as an entrepreneurial, strategic, and creative thinker on content creation and IP issues around video, mobile, and social convergence.

Recommendations

"George is a phenomenal attorney with a deep-rooted understanding of the entertainment industry, always able to find the right balance of protecting Vox Media's legal interests while simultaneously never losing sight of its creative and journalistic needs and pursuits, which is critical but never an easy task."

— Ethan Cohan & Julie Gurian, Partners, Delshaw

"I've worked with George for many years on a number of projects. He has a great legal mind and is better than anyone at building trust and relationships. He operates from a place of very high personal integrity."

— Louis Kanganis, CEO, Run Gum. Former CFO, Nerve Media

"I was fortunate to work with George at Classic Media. He was a fabulous attorney and business affairs leader who was sensitive to, and familiar with, the creative direction of the company. He really understands brands and franchises. Importantly, George possesses a high level of integrity in everything he does, on both a personal and professional level."

— Bob Friedman, CEO, Bungalow Media + Entertainment

Press

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS IS READY FOR HIS THIRD ACT

FILM SWING AWAY ABOUT HEART, SOUL, GOING FOR IT

'SWING AWAY' MANTRA FOR LIVING WITH MEANING

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