PGA Presidents “Beseeching” Studios, Steamers & More To Bring Productions Back To L.A. Post Wildfires
deadline.comAt the top of tonight’s PGA Awards, the guild’s co-president Donald De Line made a plea to industry suits in the room to keep production in Los Angeles following the devastating fires. “Now more than ever it’s important that we gather together having just endured the most devastating fires in the history of LA.
Sadly many of our members were profoundly affected,” said De Line. “Critical to rebuilding our city is bringing jobs back,” said the Ready Player One and Italian Job producer. “We are beseeching studios, streamers, financiers, please help bring production back to Los Angeles,” De Line continued, “The movie business made Los Angeles and now it’s time for Los Angeles to make movies again.” PGA President Stephanie Allain told the room that the guild established a fund for those who’ve been displaced, having raised over $450,000.
Accepting the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Episodic Television, Hacks co-creator Jen Statsky also echoed De Line’s rally for more shoots in L.A.
Said Statsky, “Hacks is a show that has shot in Los Angeles for 5 years now. So much of it on location, particularly in the community of Altadena.
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