As World Keeps Eye On WGA Strike, Indian Writers’ Survey Reveals Issues With Pay Levels, Credits & Training
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: With the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike entering its second month in the U.S., writers and filmmakers around the world are taking note of how these issues play out in their own countries.
In India, home to several big film industries and an OTT production boom, local talent agency Tulsea and data firm Ormax Media have conducted a survey of Indian writers that reveals fault lines across several areas.
While 65% of surveyed writers said pay levels have improved in recent years, 63% believe they are not being paid fairly, with timeliness of payments impacting 47% of writers directly.
The survey, ‘The Right Draft: 2023’, also found that 53% of writers are dissatisfied with the credit they receive for their work, with that figure rising to as much as 80% for credits in some areas of marketing and promotion.
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