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30-03-2025
- Entertainment
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DGA President Believes Studios and Networks Producing Material ‘For a Cost' Is Preventing Production from Returning to LA
With over 60 TV directing credits to her name and counting, DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter knows a thing or two about how the entertainment industry works. After getting her start on Steven Spielberg's 'Amazing Stories,' she went on to work on shows such as 'Twin Peaks,' 'Gilmore Girls,' 'Homeland,' and more recently the Robert De Niro-led 'Zero Day' on Netflix. Her work has brought her all over the world, but as she puts it in a recent interview in The Hollywood Reporter, there's nothing quite like making art in Los Angeles. However, following costs rising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and consolidation in the wake of the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, production has declined severely in the City of Angels. Many put the blame on the meager tax credits offered by the California government, and while there are efforts underway to raise these figures, Glatter believes entertainment executives also need to do their part. More from IndieWire Carrie Coon Says a Scene from 'The White Lotus' Involving Her Character's 'Non-Binary, Maybe Trans' Child Was Cut After Trump Got Elected 'MobLand' Review: Tom Hardy Is the Manliest Middleman in Guy Ritchie's Grim Gangster Drama 'I get that the studios and networks are trying to make their shows for a cost. But America, our storytelling industry, the icon of 'Hollywood,' we cannot lose that,' Glatter said. 'We cannot lose and not support the labor that has built Hollywood.' What Glatter is pointing to is the growing trend of production costs being offset by shooting in places that provide better tax incentives or where labor is generally cheaper and less protected by union rules. As appealing as this is for people in charge of keeping costs down, Glatter doesn't believe the entertainment industry should be defined by cheapness. She thinks if production is to return to Los Angeles, 'studios and networks need to be part of that solution.' 'I understand if you're doing a show that based in Paris that you're not going to be shooting in the Midwest,' said Glatter. 'But, let's try to keep things that are based in America in America. Let's not go shoot Los Angeles in Australia.' Another huge reason production needs to be bolstered in Los Angeles specifically right now, Glatter told THR, is because of the what the city has recently gone through in the wake of the SoCal wildfires that destroyed the communities of Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Glatter herself lost her home, but is moving forward with more zeal than ever. 'Because of what's been so damaging with the fires in L.A., we have got to keep production here,' she said. 'We have the best crew in New York, in L.A. and now in Atlanta. We have an amazing production center in Chicago. We have to keep our storytelling business in America.' Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter Calls For Return To L.A. Production, Reveals 'Deeply Painful' Experience Of Losing Home In Fires
Lesli Linka Glatter, President of the Directors Guild of America and a top TV director-producer, gave a rousing speech on Saturday night at the DGA awards, as she recalled the recent L.A. fires, in which she, and so many others, lost their homes. 'Never have I been more pleased to be together with all of you our storytelling community,' Glatter said. 'It's no secret that these past few months, and this past year really, have been overwhelmingly difficult for our industry.' Glatter cited the pandemic, the strikes and now the L.A. fires. 'What possibly could be next?' she asked wryly, to encouraging laughs from the audience. More from Deadline DGA Awards: Winners List (Updating Live) Ayo Edebiri On The "Family Feeling" Of 'The Bear' & Her New "Sticky" Luca Guadagnino Film 'After The Hunt' - DGA Awards Judd Apatow Tapped To Host DGA Awards Again; Beth McCarthy-Miller To Serve As Chair For Fourth Consecutive Year 'I was one of the thousands who lost their home during the wildfires,' Glatter continued. 'And what sustained me and so many others in the middle of this deeply painful time was the incredible outpouring of compassion and support from friends and colleagues and community and yes, from total strangers only motivated only by kindness.' Glatter thanked our first responders for their tireless efforts to protect the L.A. community and she called the current moment 'an opportunity to reflect and this year especially to have gratitude and commit ourselves to action.' That call to action? Directors must do everything they can to bring production back to L.A., where it is badly needed. 'I urge you to insist that your projects be shot where they are set,' Glatter said. 'If it's California, demand to shoot in California, and the same is true for New York, Illinois, Georgia, Mexico… If we all commit to work together, bringing jobs back home to where they are most needed to our city of angels, which has been forced to its knees.' Glatter added emphatically, 'We simply cannot lose Hollywood,' and went on to say, 'I start prep on my next project in March and I'm proud to say it's shooting in Los Angeles.' Glatter also recalled the experience of returning to the remnants of her home. 'Last week I went back to what was left of my neighborhood,' she said. 'Amidst the rubble and debris there was a tree still standing and it was filled with bright yellow flowers. How the f–k did that happen? In that moment, something cracked open for me… It forces you to look ahead toward the future and I believe that future is in this room, because we create the stories, and our stories will inspire.' On January 10th, Glatter first revealed she had lost her home in an Instagram post, writing, 'Sadly my house is gone, as is so much of the Palisades… this is heartbreaking for many. My heart goes out to all those who have lost so much and to those in danger.' That same day, Glatter, whose many credits include The Morning Show, Homeland, The Walking Dead and Mad Men, sent a supportive note to DGA members about the 'devastating loss' they were experiencing. 'I am also angry and sad that this comes at a moment that we were poised to turn a corner after the pandemic, strikes and work contraction,' she wrote. '2025 was to be our year of resurgence. But what gives me hope is you.' She added: 'I have been so fortunate to call Pacific Palisades home. It is where I raised my son and have been living for over 20 years. Tuesday night, I lost my home along with hundreds of others in the Palisades, Malibu, Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre and other communities where we have lived, worked and filmed for so long. This emergency and the hurt so many of us are feeling is far from over, but I know that no matter what, we will somehow persevere and come out on the other side of this.' Glatter is an eight-time Emmy nominee and has been nominated for seven Directors Guild of America Awards, winning three. Best of Deadline 2025 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Spirits, Grammys, Tonys, Guilds & More 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery 'The Apprentice' Oscar Nominees Sebastian Stan & Jeremy Strong On Why It's 'More Of A Horror Movie' With "Monstrous Egos"
