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On her early years and influences; on her parents, grandparents, and family history; on her love of reading; on loving Saturday morning television as a child; on wanting to pursue a career in law 14:58
Interview: Nina Shaw
On attending Barnard College and Columbia Law School and wanting to pursue transactional law; on her summer internships and early jobs out of law school; on her interest in entertainment law; on Tandem Productions/T.A.T. Communications (Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's company) being clients at O'Melveny & Myers; on working on contracts during her early years at O'Melveny & Myers and learning about the guilds; on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin playing a major role in creating the business of syndication 15:32
Interview: Nina Shaw
On negotiating talent deals in the 1970s and '80s and how race and gender affected salaries; on joining Dern, Mason, Swerdlow & Floum; on working with Dixon Dern and Ernie Del; on Robert Guillaume becoming her first big client and making deals for him 15:11
Interview: Nina Shaw
On a seminal deal at Dern, Mason, Swerdlow & Floum that became the basis for the film Stand and Deliver, and before that, for an episode of American Playhouse; on starting a firm with Ernie Del and Mike Rubel; on the goals of her new firm 08:46
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin creating the idea of spin-off shows and on navigating the corresponding new legal territory 02:07
Interview: Nina Shaw | Genre: Comedy Series
Nina Shaw on a seminal deal at Dern, Mason, Swerdlow & Floum that became the basis for the film Stand and Deliver, and before that, for an episode of American Playhouse 01:50
Interview: Nina Shaw | Genre: Classic Anthology Series
Nina Shaw on watching Leslie Uggams on Sing Along with Mitch 00:14
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Leslie Uggams
Nina Shaw on what it meant to see Cicely Tyson on East Side/West Side 00:23
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Cicely Tyson
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's company, Tandem Productions/T.A.T. Communications, being a client of O'Melveny & Myers 00:11
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Norman Lear
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's company, Tandem Productions/T.A.T. Communications, being a client of O'Melveny & Myers 00:11
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Bud Yorkin
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin bringing more Black characters to television and on the number of women who worked for Tandem 01:01
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Norman Lear
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin bringing more Black characters to television and on the number of women who worked for Tandem 01:01
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Bud Yorkin
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's company, Tandem Productions/T.A.T. Communications, playing a major role in creating the business of syndication 02:55
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Norman Lear
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's company, Tandem Productions/T.A.T. Communications, playing a major role in creating the business of syndication 02:55
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Bud Yorkin
Nina Shaw on working with attorney Dixon Dern, who had recently taken on client Donald L. Taffner (D.L. Taffner) 01:01
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Donald L. Taffner, Sr.
Nina Shaw on her phone interview with attorney Ernest Del when she applied to work at his firm and on knowing that other firms were not hiring African-American attorneys 03:08
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Ernest Del
Nina Shaw on getting introduced to Robert Guillaume and on him becoming her first big client; on making deals for him 05:29
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Robert Guillaume
Nina Shaw on a comment by Sidney Poitier on just wanting to be an actor some days, but having to be both an actor and a civil rights advocate 00:33
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Sidney Poitier
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin creating the idea of spin-off shows and navigating the corresponding new legal territory 02:07
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Representatives
Nina Shaw on her interest in entertainment law and why she chose to work at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles; on there being few African-American lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers when she joined; on working in the entertainment department of O'Melveny & Myers with another African-American lawyer and getting used to there not being many African-American lawyers at that time 05:48
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Representatives
Nina Shaw on her interest in entertainment law and why she chose to work at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles; on there being few African-American lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers when she joined; on working in the entertainment department of O'Melveny & Myers with another African-American lawyer and getting used to there not being many African-American lawyers at that time 05:48
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Attorney
Nina Shaw on negotiating talent deals in the 1970s and '80s and how race and gender affected salaries; on negotiating deals for minors 01:26
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Representatives
Nina Shaw on starting a firm with Ernie Del and Mike Rubel and on others who wanted to work at the firm; on the firm being a diverse group 02:06
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Representatives