It’s only been a few months since California Gov. Jerry Brown tripled incentives for film and television productions and the results are already being felt in Los Angeles.
On-location movie and TV productions in the greater L.A. area increased by 11.4 percent in the first quarter of 2016, according to a new FilmL.A. report. And California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program is being credited with the spike to 9,703 shoot days in the region between January to March.
The numbers were even more dramatic when focused on feature film productions, accounting for a 23.7 percent increase (to 1,145 shoot days). Some of those films included “The God Particle,” “Please Stand By,” “Sentence” and “Why Him.”
This swell in activity came as no surprise to FilmL.A. president Paul Audley. “We predicted we’d see a boost in feature production in the first quarter thanks to the state tax credit,” he said in a statement. “And we’re glad to see that happening.”
Other notable findings from the report:
-Television production posted a 19.1 percent increase (to 3,944 shoot days) in the first quarter. Some of those tax credit projects include “Animal Kingdom,” “Rosewood” and “Twin Peaks.”
-Local TV comedy production increased 83.2 percent (to 557 shoot days) with 14.5 percent (81 shoot days) coming from tax credit projects. These projects included “Veep,” which relocated to Los Angeles from Maryland in 2015, and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”
