Nine new filming locations just became more available to filmmakers thanks to a new agreement between FilmL.A. and the Lawndale Elementary School District (LESD). As the fifth school district to partner with FilmL.A., LESD now benefits from a streamlined film license coordination and referral service that incentivizes filming and generates critical revenues for education. Located in the heart of … Read More
Year-to-Date Filming Levels Deflate
As FilmL.A. last week, on-location filming across all tracked categories declined 24.5 percent in the first half of 2009, compared to the same six-month period in 2008. We recorded 19,015 permitted production days (PPD) between January and June 2009, compared to 25,196 PPD tallied in the previous year. Struggling under four straight quarters of double-digit losses, Feature film production … Read More
The Focus is on Metro
Remember that great scene in Speed where the hero and heroine ride the subway car as it launches up out of the tunnel onto Hollywood Blvd? How about The Italian Job, where Mini Coopers drive down the stairs into a subway station and onto the tracks? Still yet, did you like that intense scene in Volcano where the lava flows … Read More
FilmL.A. Board Member Profile: Dan Swartz
Dan Swartz is the newest member of the FilmL.A. Board of Directors, having been appointed in May 2009 as a community representative. An architect and real estate developer, Dan is a Midwest transplant (1979) who has loved being a resident of downtown Los Angeles since 2005. To learn his perspectives on FilmL.A. and the Los Angeles film production environment, our … Read More
Staffers Complete Marathon Tour of City
FilmL.A. staff members can frequently be found walking neighborhoods throughout the region. However, four of our employees recently completed a 26.2-mile trek through Los Angeles’ neighborhoods as part of the L.A. Marathon, held May 25, 2009. We congratulate Donita Booker, notification coordinator; Rory Burton, field service representative; Hans Groszkruger, production coordinator; and Todd Lindgren, vice president of communications for crossing … Read More