from: FilmLA — In late November, the FilmL.A. Board of Directors held its annual election. Acting on the recommendations of its nominating subcommittee, the board voted unanimously to extend the service terms of three of its members, name three new members to the board and appoint a new slate of officers and executive committee for 2012. Current FilmL.A. Board...
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From: FilmWorksLA.com — Gavin Polone, a major Hollywood producer, is calling for an end to state film incentive programs. His reasons for doing so will seem familiar to Film Works supporters, because we’ve made some of the same points on several occasions on our blog (see here, hereand here for some examples). And while the argument Polone makes is...
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from: FilmLA.com — In tough economic times, individuals, families and businesses find ways to slash budgets, streamline and “go without”. One such risky ploy to save money seems be happening more frequently — production companies “going without” a film permit. While pinching pennies is prudent, filming without a permit is illegal and can be...
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from: Richard Verrier, LATimes.com — Los Angeles continued to lose TV shoots in 2011 to New York, but the area saw a modest increase in feature activity, partly due to the state’s film tax credit. Overall, on-location filming in Los Angeles area rose 4% last year, as a rise in feature film production and commercial shoots offset a falloff in TV filming...
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from: Richard Verrier, LATimes.com — Greg Donoghue grew up around film sets. His father worked as a film publicist in Europe and his uncle is Pierre Spengler, a producer of the “Superman” movies. But the 30-year-old had never seriously considered a career in the movie industry until he got a chance to direct his own short-film called “Sunshine...
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I wanted to let you know that today Counclmember Richard Alarcón introduced a resolution in SUPPORT of the PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property) Act of 2011 (S.968) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261). As these bills have tremendous support in the film industry and creative community, we wanted...
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