FilmLA is committed to streamlining and enhancing the on-location filming process. To advance this mission, we continue to invest in new technology to improve the permit application experience. We are excited to announce that on August 9, FilmLA will commence full-time use of MyFilmLA – our next-generation online permit system – for complete film permit management. From that day on, … Read More
FilmLA to Introduce New Permit Coordination System in March
FilmLA is committed to streamlining and enhancing the on-location filming process in Greater Los Angeles. To support this mission, we’ve invested heavily in new technology to improve the permit application experience for film industry customers and government permit approvers. We are excited to announce that on March 15, FilmLA will introduce a next-generation online system – MyFilmLA – for film … Read More
FilmLA Supports Student Filmmaking Community
On any given day in our region, anywhere from 100 to 200 film and still photography projects happen on the streets of Greater Los Angeles. That figure may not be all that surprising, but what may surprise you is that a significant number of those projects — approximately 8.4 percent — are student-led. The large number of student film projects … Read More
FilmL.A. Staff Patently Inventive
For some, the term “inventor” conjures a mental image of a nutty professor similar to Doc Brown from Back to the Future. FilmL.A.’s inventive staff members — none of whom have wild gray hair or resemble Doc Brown in the slightest — recently created and launched OPS, our Online Permit System, for which a patent application is on file with … Read More
FilmL.A. Staff Profile: Donna Washington
In 1993, current FilmL.A. Vice President of Permit Operations Donna Washington left her job as a social worker for the County of Los Angeles to accept a position as a film and video permit coordinator for the City of Los Angeles’ Motion Picture and Television Division, under the Board of Public Works. When the City and County of Los Angeles … Read More