The natural person or persons who carry out the intellectual creation of an audiovisual work shall have the status of author of that work.
In the absence of proof to the contrary, the following shall be presumed to be co-authors of a collaborative audiovisual work:
1° The author of the screenplay;
2° The author of the adaptation;
3° The author of the spoken text;
4° The author of the musical compositions with or without words specially created for the work;
5° The director.
Where the audiovisual work is derived from a pre-existing work or screenplay that is still protected, the authors of the original work are assimilated to the authors of the new work.