Is California on its way back in taking film and TV production from New York? Read what’s happening in the Golden State’s legislature and how that affects New York film and TV production jobs…
Massachusetts Film Tax Incentive Drawing Production
As an example of why film tax credits matter, the LA Times covers a $4 million budgeted film “Tumbledown”, which recently shot in Massachusetts. That states 25-percent film tax credit helped swing the production to the Bay State. New York’s 30-percent tax credit was tempting, we learn, but other costs around the film’s production made the Bay State the filmmaker’s choice…
New York Eats California’s Lunch With Bigger, Smarter Incentives Says Report
Santa Monica-based economics research institute The Milken Institute published a report in late February that is stirring up angst in the Los Angeles entertainment community. The report brings together economic data and analysis about film and video production in California today, held against the growing success from former Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting […]