As a not-for-profit organization, FilmLA is governed by an all-volunteer, 27-member board of directors, which includes entertainment industry executives, labor and trade representatives and local community leaders. For 2025, the FilmLA Board of Directors is chaired by Melissa Harman, CPA. Melissa has practiced public accounting since 1998. As a Partner and National Practice Leader, Higher Education at Moss Adams, Melissa … Read More
L.A. On-Location Filming Falls in First Quarter
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. In the midst of a global decline in production and intensifying competition for film projects and jobs, on-location production in Greater Los Angeles declined by -22.4 percent from January through March 2025 to 5,295 Shoot … Read More
Sound Stage Occupancy / Stage Shoot Numbers Slip in New FilmLA Report
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today published new data tracking sound stage-based film production in Greater Los Angeles. The seventh edition of FilmLA’s Sound Stage Production Report is based on aggregated data sourced from 17 participating studios in Greater Los Angeles. Combined, these studios own and/or operate approximately … Read More
FilmLA Releases 2024 On-Location Production Report
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. Overall production in Greater Los Angeles increased 6.2 percent from October through December 2024 to 5,860 Shoot Days (SD)* according to FilmLA’s latest report. Most production types tracked by FilmLA achieved gains in the fourth … Read More
Greater Los Angeles Film Industry Survives its Second Slowest Summer
Scripted Surge Stalls, Reality Retreats Ahead of Year’s Final Production Push FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions – today issued an update regarding regional filming activity. Overall production in Greater Los Angeles slipped -5.0 percent in the year’s third quarter to 5,048 Shoot Days (SD)* according to FilmLA’s latest report. … Read More