Hello all.
I would like to get your opinions and input regarding my situation. I am a film producer from outside the USA, I have a project in the works that would have to be filmed in America, more specifically in Los Angeles.
It will be a microbudget movie, budget in the $30,000-$50,000 range.
In your opinion, what would be the most sensible way to produce the movie?
I understand that a foreign company can start an LLC, but I don't know if we could produce the movie through an LLC if the only owners are foreign. All of the paperwork included would also be a pain in the neck not to mention eat a lot of the allready limited budget.
Then there are production service companies, but again, I don't know if they will work with foreign companies/producers and if they would even bother for a microbudget film.
Can a foreign company come to the United States and shoot a movie? There are documentary crews and news crews doing this all the time all over the world, would a feature film be any different?
The easiest way for us naturally would be to produce the movie under our company, pay everyone through our company and take care of the taxes etc. in our country. We would just come to Los Angeles for a couple of weeks to shoot the movie and be done with it.
The other thing is we would naurally need insurance, and no American insurance company will give a foreign company any insurance.
Do any of you have any experience in a similar situation? I would love to hear what you think.
I would like to get your opinions and input regarding my situation. I am a film producer from outside the USA, I have a project in the works that would have to be filmed in America, more specifically in Los Angeles.
It will be a microbudget movie, budget in the $30,000-$50,000 range.
In your opinion, what would be the most sensible way to produce the movie?
I understand that a foreign company can start an LLC, but I don't know if we could produce the movie through an LLC if the only owners are foreign. All of the paperwork included would also be a pain in the neck not to mention eat a lot of the allready limited budget.
Then there are production service companies, but again, I don't know if they will work with foreign companies/producers and if they would even bother for a microbudget film.
Can a foreign company come to the United States and shoot a movie? There are documentary crews and news crews doing this all the time all over the world, would a feature film be any different?
The easiest way for us naturally would be to produce the movie under our company, pay everyone through our company and take care of the taxes etc. in our country. We would just come to Los Angeles for a couple of weeks to shoot the movie and be done with it.
The other thing is we would naurally need insurance, and no American insurance company will give a foreign company any insurance.
Do any of you have any experience in a similar situation? I would love to hear what you think.