The Rights Factory is an agency that deals in intellectual property rights to entertainment products, including books, comics & graphic novels, film, television, and video games. We license rights in every territory by representing three types of clients:

— Individual authors whose work we license internationally.
— Entertainment rights-holders who wish to expand their narrative brands and franchises into the literary market.
— Foreign agents and publishers, for whom we license rights on a commission basis.

We work directly with publishers, producers, studios, game developers and other rights-buyers in all territories, occasionally in conjunction with local representatives.

The Rights Factory was founded in 2004 by literary agent Sam Hiyate and media lawyer Christos Grivas.

Our team includes:
Agent Ali McDonald (Children's & YA),
Foreign Rights Manager Kelvin Kong,
Associate Haskell Nussbaum,
Associate Drea Cohane,
Associate Eftyhia Lucas,
Associate Olga Filina,
Associate Harry Endrulat,
our multi-talented admin assistant Chloë Marck,
Agency Assistant Deborah Llewellyn,
Editorial Assistant Paige Sisley,
Editorial Assistant Kennedy Cullen, and
crackerjack intern Elizabeth Prats.

For more information about our authors, available rights and submissions, contact Sam.