Filming Locations

This is the third article in a three-part series about hosting filming at your home or business. Through conversations with accomplished Location Professionals and film hosts, we aim to share frank, open advice about the film host experience.  A Veteran Host Shares Her Experience In this installment we spoke with… >>Read more

Los Angeles has served as a featured backdrop and uncredited star of movies and television shows for more than a hundred years. A town nicknamed for its greatest industry, you may know it as Hollywood, La La Land or Tinseltown.  And sometimes, without anyone even realizing it, L.A. goes by… >>Read more

The West Adams District is home to some of the most sought-after residences from the 20th century in Los Angeles. In this article, FilmLA’s DEI Advisory Committee takes us on a tour of the District, bounded by the Santa Monica Freeway on the north, Vermont Avenue on the east, Western… >>Read more

This is the second article in a three-part series about hosting filming at your home or business. Through conversations with accomplished Location Professionals and film hosts, we aim to share frank, open advice about the film host experience. Recently we had the opportunity to interview Location Scout Nancy Bruno about her experiences… >>Read more

The Los Angeles River is one of the most iconic filming locations in the world. It has been used for everything from huge Hollywood blockbusters to small student films. Some of the most prominent examples include Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Drive (2011), The Italian Job (2003), and of course… >>Read more

As we embark on the Lunar New Year of the Wood Snake, which is believed to foster growth, resilience, and self-transformation, FilmLA wanted to share a little history and showcase some of Chinatown’s hidden gems. Downtown Los Angeles’ Chinatown neighborhood is not the first neighborhood to bear that name. Old… >>Read more