Contract and Pay Your Entire Crew — From Prep to Wrap

One agreement covers every department — contracts, rights transfer, compliance, and cross-border payouts for production companies, service producers, and animation, VFX and trailer studios working across borders.

Film crew shooting a night scene next to a card with three points: one unified platform, legally compliant worldwide, zero setup fees

They Make the Picture — We Handle the Back Office

  • Animaccord
  • Bazelevs
  • In the Black Media
  • CineLab

Why Production Companies Choose Mellow

Line Producer

Crew up a production in days. Upload the crew list, get automatic contracts for every department — camera to post.

Production Manager

Run each project as its own set of contracts — no legal entity per territory. Mellow is the contracting party for the call sheet.

Finance & Legal

One invoice per production, not a hundred. Sanctions and KYC pre-screened, closing documents land with accounting.

Your Contractors

They get paid in the currency they prefer, through the method they choose, with the paperwork already done.

Pricing That Makes Sense

Start a 3-month trial at 3.5%

3.5–5.5%

of payout volume

  • Mellow becomes your contracting party
  • Coverage across 100+ countries
  • High-risk jurisdictions
  • Misclassification protection
  • Talent mask – keep your contractors’ data private
  • AI‑native, with MCP and API access
  • Everyday human support

Contract and Manage an Entire Crew Across Regions

Working across regions stays simple — including CIS, the Gulf, LatAm, and SEA, where payouts usually stall for everyone else.

World map with Mellow contractor cards: a sound mixer in Portugal, a storyboard artist in Serbia, a location manager in Morocco, a gaffer in Georgia, a compositor in the Philippines and a colorist in Argentina

Save Hours of Admin Work with Perfectly Organized Contractor Management

Mellow becomes the legal Contractor of Record for every crew member you pay, so contracting and invoicing stop being your job. One payout run covers the whole call sheet — crew, post, and vendors.

Contractor profile of a storyboard artist in Mellow with a Run a Check button next to cards for a signed contract, a created invoice and a passed ID check

One Place to Find, Contract, and Pay Your Team

Scale up for prep and shoot, scale down at wrap — no commitments, no drawn-out onboarding or offboarding.

Mellow dashboard listing 687 contractors with a Pay All button and a card for importing a contractor list from a file or Google Sheets

Pay Contractors
in 100+ Countries

We handle all IP rights transfers, keeping your assets fully protected

Flexible
API Integration

API delivers ultimate customization for your HR processes and global payouts, offering smooth integration with your existing tech stack

Real Human Support,
Every Time

We believe in human connection — no AI, just real support with response times under 3 minutes, exactly when you need it

Designed Around How Productions Actually Run

Crew up in days, wrap without loose ends, and keep compliance handled up front so you can stay on the floor.

A Partner You Can Rely On

4

offices
worldwide

11+

years of market
expertise

50+

client
jurisdictions

1,500+

businesses
empowered

230K+

active contractors
worldwide

€200M+

annual
turnover

Let’s Get Your Next Production Crewed Up