from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — The Mayor of Los Angeles has appointed a film liaison officer to help make the city more film-friendly. California’s filming incentive programme gets a major boost this summer and city departments in Los Angeles will also get more funding to help them increase filming services. Chief film liaison Kevin James will be in...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — Reese Witherspoon’s Wild and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel were the movie winners over the weekend at the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards in Beverly Hills. Five hundred industry professionals and press attended the ceremony. Nancy Haecker won the award for Outstanding Locations in a...
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On a Sunday, March 22, 2015, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) will host the first ever CicLAvia event in the San Fernando Valley. Beginning at 9 am, 5.5 miles of area streets along Lankershim Boulevard, from Universal City to North Hollywood ending at Coldwater Canyon will be closed. Intended to create a stronger sense of community in the San Fernando Valley,...
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from: Briana Rodriguez, Backstage.com — Hollywood South might be losing some of its luster. Louisiana lawmakers are considering pulling back on the state’s tax credit incentives that have encouraged television shows like “True Detective,” “The Walking Dead,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” and “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” and Oscar-winning movies...
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from: Sean J. Miller, Backstage.com — Awards season is over so it’s time to start thinking about your next project. If your next project is a Web series, indie film or short, think back to awards season. Why relive that belabored pantomime? Because some of last season’s most honored films, including Oscar winners such as “American Sniper” and “Whiplash,”...
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— FILMLA PRODUCTION ALERT — A recent meeting with Los Angeles County Department of Beaches & Harbors (LACODBH) prompted the need to put together some helpful reminders concerning parking needs and Lifeguard assignments at Los Angeles County Beaches and Marina Del Rey: Arrangements for Los Angeles County parking lots must be made with Modern Parking,...
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