Los Angeles Film Production Bounces Back In Q4, But 2024 Down By 5.6%, FilmLA Says

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There finally is some good news about film production in Los Angeles. The city and county’s film-permitting office said today that shoot days in Greater L.A.

increased by 6.2% in the October-to-December period after 11 consecutive quarters of year-over-year declines. FilmLA said today that most production types it tracks achieved gains in the fourth quarter, except for Reality TV.

But the Q4 gains could not offset the full-year contraction as overall annual production finished the year 5.6% below strike-addled 2023.

Overall, 2024 was the second-least-productive year for L.A. production, topping only the Covid-stricken 2020. The brightest spots in FilmLA’s latest report was in the Feature Film production category, which jumped by 82.4% in the fourth quarter — a gain analysts attribute to indie film activity — and was up by 18.8% for full-year 2024.