from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — Los Angeles’ new ‘film czar’ has said that a plan to boost filming in California will be prepared before May this year. Tom Sherak is a former movie studio boss and has been appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to tackle the city’s runaway production problem. In an interview with Los Angeles Daily News,...
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from: David Horsey, Los Angeles Times — How much longer can Hollywood claim to be the movie capital of the world? Can the California Legislature reverse the slide of film production away from Los Angeles simply by enhancing tax credits for the movie and television industry or, one day, will the Oscars be presented in Atlanta or Toronto or New Orleans? Such...
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from: FilmWorks Blog — Unique thematic architectural homes stand out all around the Los Angeles area, like Yamashiro and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Barnsdall, Freeman, and Storer residences, just to name a few. Many such homes have their own filmographies. Glendale possesses another exotic specimen, Leslie C. Brand’s mystical El Miradero, which is now known as the...
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from: FilmLA.com — The City of Monterey Park recently approved an agreement with FilmL.A., establishing the not-for-profit as the film permit coordinator for the area. FilmL.A. began accepting applications for permits to film within the Monterey Park city limits in late November. The 7.73 square mile city is located in the San Gabriel Valley. Monterey Park is...
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FilmL.A.’s Board of Directors has new leadership for 2014. Last December, acting on the recommendations of its nominating subcommittee, the board voted unanimously to extend the service terms of thirteen of its members, name four new members to the board and appoint a new slate of officers and executive committee. FilmL.A. is governed by an all-volunteer board of...
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from: Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Daily News — Highland Park resident Kendra Ware frequently gets stuck in traffic when film crews take over York Boulevard. A performance artist, Ware is supportive of the industry, but she wishes the city would release a phone app that alerts neighbors to film shoots. “You grin and bear it,” Ware said of the city’s constant...
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