Los Angeles dominates TV pilot filming
Los Angeles was the dominant filming location for US television pilots produced over the past year, a new report has revealed.
By Nick Goundry 5 Aug 2016
Los Angeles was the dominant filming location for US television pilots produced over the past year, a new report has revealed.
Two hundred separate pilots were produced in the US in the 2015-16 cycle, with 79 filmed in Los Angeles to spend nearly $300m between them.
New York and Vancouver claimed distant second and third places with 28 and 25 pilots respectively, according to the figures from FilmLA.
Hosting a pilot does not necessarily mean the full series will film in the same place, but California’s boosted filming incentive programme now focuses on supporting TV shoots.
A separate FilmLA report published last month showed that pilot production in Los Angeles in the second quarter of this year rose by an impressive 90%, although fewer than one in five got tax credit support from the state.
This week California awarded incentive support of nearly $20m to the Disney movie A Wrinkle in Time, to be directed by Ava DuVernay with Oprah Winfrey starring.
New Mexico remains California’s biggest regional rival and is the more popular choice for big-budget film and TV production. The state hosted more than 60 separate shoots in the last financial year and direct spending rose by nearly $100m.
For more on filming in California see our production guide.
New York and Vancouver claimed distant second and third places with 28 and 25 pilots respectively, according to the figures from FilmLA.
Hosting a pilot does not necessarily mean the full series will film in the same place, but California’s boosted filming incentive programme now focuses on supporting TV shoots.
A separate FilmLA report published last month showed that pilot production in Los Angeles in the second quarter of this year rose by an impressive 90%, although fewer than one in five got tax credit support from the state.
This week California awarded incentive support of nearly $20m to the Disney movie A Wrinkle in Time, to be directed by Ava DuVernay with Oprah Winfrey starring.
New Mexico remains California’s biggest regional rival and is the more popular choice for big-budget film and TV production. The state hosted more than 60 separate shoots in the last financial year and direct spending rose by nearly $100m.
For more on filming in California see our production guide.
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