Film and television production has seen a pretty drastic decline, which is a worrying trend for director Judd Apatow.
FilmLA, the organization that issues filming permits in the greater Los Angeles area, reported a 5% drop in filming days in the third quarter of 2024.
The report also noted massive drops in reality TV production (56.3%) and television production in general (18.3%).
Apatow, 56, directed four of his seven feature films in Los Angeles and revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that it saddened him to see the drop in production.
“It’s heartbreaking to see this happen because as people tighten their belts, there are very few situations where people can just stay in town because they want to,” Apatow said, before hosting the fundraiser. Rock4EB last month.
Film and television production has seen a pretty drastic decline, which is a worrying trend for director Judd Apatow.
FilmLA, the organization that issues filming permits in the greater Los Angeles area, reported a 5% drop in filming days in the third quarter of 2024.
“Most of my movies have been made in California (four out of seven) and all of them could have been made somewhere else, but there’s an energy and vibe to California that made it all work,” he admitted.
Part of the FilmLA report emphasized that they want an expansion of the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program to help boost production, which Apatow agrees with.
“I have never understood why California doesn’t believe it should have a healthy tax refund for our industry,” he said.
‘I was in Michigan and I remember they had a big refund for a while and then all of a sudden they took it away. All these people moved to the town to create an industry there, but then they all had to leave,’ he stressed.
‘Other places like Georgia are doing very well and it must make sense for them economically because they’ve been doing it for a long time. “They know the numbers and they know why it adds value to the state,” Apatow said.
Georgia has become a huge production center in recent years, with Tyler Perry’s massive soundstages and several Marvel movies filming there, along with The Walking Dead and many more.
“Most of my movies have been made in California (four out of seven) and all of them could have been made somewhere else, but there’s an energy and vibe to California that made it all work,” he admitted.
Part of the FilmLA report emphasized that they want an expansion of the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program to help boost production, which Apatow agrees with.
Part of the FilmLA report emphasized that they want an expansion of the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program to help boost production, which Apatow agrees with.
Apatow’s Los Angeles films include 2005’s The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2007’s Knocked Up, 2009’s Funny People and 2012’s This Is 40.
When asked if he thought he would find it challenging to make such films in Los Angeles in the current climate, he said costs determine everything.
‘Everyone is worried about the cost of things. “It’s just a completely different paradigm for everything,” he admitted.
“There are movies that we made with healthy budgets and they would want us to make them for half and that wouldn’t be possible today, or we wouldn’t have enough shooting days here to make it look good. Today it’s harder, but you still have to fight,” he stated.