Los Angeles Film and television production in 2020 plummeted by 48% compared to 2019.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Film and television production in Los Angeles during the coronavirus pandemic fell to its lowest point in more than 25 years, according to the latest numbers released Wednesday. FilmLA, the nonprofit group which serves as the official film office for both the city and county of L.A., reports that production in 2020 plummeted by 48% compared to 2019. There were 18,993 shoot days in 2020, according to FilmLA, compared to 36,540 in 2019. Filming was completely shut down from mid-March, when the pandemic first took hold, to mid-June, when FilmLA began to issue permits again, a period of about three months. In late December, L.A. County public health officials asked the film and television industry to voluntarily pause production again because of the surge of coronavirus cases.
