Filming data

FilmL.A. provides filming permit services for Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County and 14 other municipalities. The FilmL.A. permits are public and may be dowloaded from the Online Permit System (OPS). Film L.A. also issues a quarterly press releases summarizing of filming activity and collects complaint data on request.

Filming data for the LA Region(2008-2018)      NEW!!
AltadenaFilming participated in a project to estimate the amount of untaxed, film-rental income in the Los Angeles region. As a side effect, we were able to obtain a 10-year record of filming for LA Region. This data set is a unique compilation of filming permit records not available elsewhere. For an account of how the data was acquired see The Data Chase

Link to a directory iwth filming data for the LA Region: http://bit.ly/2KVK1zs
See the "Release Notes" for definitions permissions for reuse.

Altadena filming frequency data(2008-2018)      NEW!!
AltadenaFilming participated in a project to estimate the amount of untaxed, film-rental income in the Los Angeles region. As a side effect, we were able to obtain a nearly complete record of filming for Altadena and adjacent unincorporated areas (zip codes 91001, 91104, 91107). For an account of how the data was acquired see The Data Chase

Link to Altadena filming frequency data: http://bit.ly/2KnaENv
See the "Release Notes" for definitions permissions for reuse.

Overall filming frequency reports (Since 1993)
FilmL.A. is issues quarterly data on filming activity as press releases. Neither FilmL.A. or any of the government agencies provide this public data in a table form, like a spreadsheet, suitable for analysis. In order to fill that gap, AltadenaFilming has consolidated these pubic data into spreadsheets that may be used by any interested member of the public.

Link to overall filming data from FilmLA quarterly frequency reports: http://bit.ly/2MXdeeD
See the "Release Notes" for definitions permissions for reuse.

Quarterly complaint and frequency data for the unincorporated LA County (2014-2016)
The Los Angeles County contract with FilmL.A. requires the collection and reporting of complaint data. County frequency and complaint data is not published but is available on request from the County's Film Liaison. (See the contact list for contact information.) In the past the data was provided as pdf documents. AltadenaFilming provides them here in an form suitable for analysis.

Link to quarterly frequency and complaint data: http://bit.ly/2K6z8OJ
See the "Release Notes" for definitions permissions for reuse.

Filming permit data for the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County (2014-2016)
In response to a February 2, 2017 public records request, FilmL.A. created a data set of permits for the LA County's CEO office. The data provides insight into the distribution of filming activity in the unincorporated areas of the County.

Link to permit data for unicorporated areas: http://bit.ly/2KqbyvX
See the "Release Notes" for definitions permissions for reuse.


Note: Data from individual filming permits is available on Film L.A.'s Online Permit System. The system is available for public access. It requires a login that is available on request.


Updated 6/25/2018