FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions—today issued a pair of reports illuminating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Los Angeles film economy. FilmLA’s year-end report for 2020 sheds light on the industry’s challenges to resume production last fall, while the 2020 Television Production Report dives deeper into the LA film … Read More
FilmLA Issues Seventh Update on Production Restart Progress
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions—today issued an update regarding regional filming activity since the reopening of L.A. County to on-location filming last June. Over the last twenty-nine weeks, FilmLA has processed approximately 4,213 film permit applications spanning 2,985 unique projects. Film permit applications declined steeply last month, dropping 24.9 … Read More
LADPH Urges Film Industry Vigilance to Help Contain COVID-19
Update 12/29/20 @ 7:45 p.m. — FilmLA today issued a Media Advisory regarding the availability of new permit data in January. The local film industry is highly invested in efforts to control COVID-19, as demonstrated by strict safety protocols and testing that all productions are subject to. Receptive to the guidance of County public health experts, the industry also responsibly … Read More
FilmLA Issues Sixth Update on Production Restart Progress
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions–today issued an update regarding regional filming activity since the reopening of LA County to on-location filming in June. Over the last twenty-four weeks, FilmLA has received approximately 3,552 film permit applications spanning 2,514 unique projects. For the first time since production resumed, month-over-month permit … Read More
Filming During a Stay at Home Order: Recommendations from FilmLA
Since June, when on-location film production resumed in Los Angeles under modified public health orders, the State of California has viewed workers supporting the film, television and commercial production industry—who number in the hundreds of thousands here in Greater LA— as essential for the state’s critical infrastructure. FilmLA is unaware of any plans to revisit or modify the state’s essential … Read More