Steven G. Krone
Visiting Associate Professor of Law

Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive, Orange, California  92866
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A.B., University of Southern California
J.D. (with honors), University of Chicago School of Law

Steven G. Krone received an A.B. in Cinema- Television Production from the University of Southern California film school and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to JusticesWilliam J. Brennan, Jr. and David H. Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States. He has previously taught entertainment law courses as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago and the University of Southern California.

Professor Krone is an independent film financier and media and entertainment financing consultant. He was most recently President & Chief Operating Officer of Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment, the pre-eminent independent production company in Hollywood. He joined VRP in 1998 as Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, became its Chief Operating Officer one year later, and President in 2003. During his nine-year tenure, Village Roadshow Pictures amassed an impressive library of nearly fifty titles, including The Matrix trilogy, Ocean’s Eleven and Ocean’s Twelve, Analyze This, Three Kings, Training Day, Space Cowboys, Zoolander, Mystic River, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Happy Feet. Professor Krone is quick to admit that the VRP filmography also includes a few less auspicious projects, including the very, very bad Catwoman and the utterly unwatchable The Adventures of Pluto Nash.

Prior to joining Village Roadshow Pictures, Professor Krone was an attorney at Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown in Beverly Hills, where he represented a variety of the firm’s clients, including film and television producers, directors, writers, actors and executives.

Professor Krone teaches the foundation Entertainment Law course and a seminar on Law, Lawyers, and the Legal System in Film, both of which are cross-listed with the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts."