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Screentime

Hollywood Is Getting Left Behind in Recovering Film and TV Industry

  • Production has recovered faster in Canada, Australia, UK
  • US industry is adjusting to new norms post-pandemic, strikes
A crew breaks down a scene following filming a television show in Toronto.Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg

Diego Mariscal, a camera dolly operator who’s worked on films such as The Avengers and The Equalizer, founded a Facebook group called Crew Stories that provides online support for people struggling in the entertainment industry.

The news has been grim for the group’s nearly 100,000 members: One in three posts lament that jobs are leaving Los Angeles, the longtime capital of cinema. A fifth of the people he’s worked with are quitting the business, seeking training in other fields, Mariscal said in an interview.