Los Angeles Film and TV Production Sees Sharp Downturn in Final Quarter of 2022

“Will the pre-COVID downtrend resume? That is the question everyone is asking,” said FilmLA President Paul Audley in quarterly report

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The newest quarterly report on Los Angeles on-location shooting from FilmLA shows a sharp downturn in shoot days in the final quarter of 2022, raising concern that the local industry is resuming the longterm decline it was undergoing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As shoots for films, television, commercials and other media resumed in 2021 and 2022, FilmLA reported a rebound in shoot days to pre-pandemic levels that remained consistent through all of last year. But in Q4, 8,674 shoot days were reported, a year-over-year decline of 19.5%.

In total, 36,792 shoot days were reported in 2022, 252 more days than in 2019 but down 2.4%

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