July 15 (Reuters) - Rare twin strikes by Hollywood actors and film and television writers are casting a pall over British Columbia's creative industry, which has become a hub for American film and TV production.
Film production in British Columbia is down to "a trickle," said Gemma Martini, Chair of the Motion Picture Production Industry Association and CEO of Martini Film Studios.
TAKING A TOLLReverberations that started on May 2 with the writers' strike grew in British Columbia, where most productions have American components.
First the business was hit by the writers' strike: "Because no scripts are being written, people aren't coming to scout our locations."
The Hollywood strike could affect the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), set to open in early September.
Persons:
Gemma Martini, Synnove Godeseth, Godeseth, Martini, Oscar, Anna Mehler Paperny, Divya, Denny Thomas, Grant McCool
Organizations:
Hollywood, Industry Association, Martini Film Studios, Creative, Vancouver Economic, Toronto, Film, Thomson
Locations:
Canadian, Vancouver, North America, British Columbia, Los Angeles, British