from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Martin Cuff, who has run film commissions from Colorado to Cape Town, South Africa, and built up film programs in Bosnia, Turkey and Serbia, was recently tapped to be executive director of the Association of Film Commissioners International, which hosts the popular annual Locations Show. A native of England who lives in South...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Horses have long played lead roles in cinema, from the classic movie “National Velvet” to 2010’s “Secretariat,” a drama based on the Triple Crown-winning thoroughbred. But rarely have they taken center stage as much they do in “War Horse,” Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated epic about an English farm boy’s...
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from: FilmWorksLA.com — Noticing the popularity of a story we ran about California’s top competitors last June, Film Works staffers decided to take a second look at California top five competitors (including U.S. states and other nations) for film and television production. Of course, as anyone who follows the Film Works blog knows, most other jurisdictions’...
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New L.A. County Ordinance Adjusts Filming Rules at County Beaches Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted a new set of regulations affecting filming on County controlled beaches. The new regulations, which take effect on March 1, 2012, break with existing policy in the following ways: • Sand Digging. Duly permitted film productions may be...
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from: Dima Alzayat, LA Times — After sparking a debate among pundits over its real or imagined political message, one of the most buzzed-about Super Bowl commercials — Chrysler’s “It’s Halftime in America” ad — is making another set of waves not for what it says but for where it was shot. It turns out that the two-minute spot, which has gravelly...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — While California’s film tax credit is providing an economic benefit to the state, it may not be providing as much of a return to taxpayers as an earlier study claimed. That’s one of the main conclusions from a new study conducted by UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment about a program the state...
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