Pratheek Nv Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I have to work in hollywood is there oppurtunity to work reply me m from india Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted August 31, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted August 31, 2015 If you can get a work visa; sure, if not, then the chances are pretty slim. Of course, even with a work visa it takes a lot more than just showing up in LA to generate income in any real way. Also be prepared for the financial shock and pangs of apartment hunting. Though in honest truth your biggest hurdle will be a Visa. Without one you can't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) You have to be sponsored by a company for a work visa and they usually are granted because it's a field with opening that need to be filled and can't be filled by US citizens. Examples would be educator, genetic engineer, physicist, but not filmmaker. Edited August 31, 2015 by JD Hartman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Xu Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 What kind of job or tasks in cinematography can one outsource to a low cost country, assuming good credibility of facilitators and no language barriers in the low cost country, via the internet? I think the role of such facilitator is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny N Suleimanagich Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 JD - while you are right about those terms for the H1-B visa (common for full-time employees of companies), film industry folks usually are under the O1 visa, which is also known as the “artist” visa. It’s extremely difficult to get one - almost impossible without an immigration attorney - and you have to prove that you have already been doing work that’s relevant to your working in the US and have several people in your field vouch for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratheek Nv Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 M intrsting in cinematography i hve to work fa that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Aren't you working in film in your country? India does have a film industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratheek Nv Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Ya working bt hve to work in hollywood films to learn much more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieWelch Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Even with a visa you will need to get in touch with your local Union in the USA which might take some doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted September 7, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 7, 2015 You don't have to get in touch with any union-- it'll be helpful but you can certainly work the myriad non-union jobs in LA if you have a work visa / artists visa-- the problem is-- it's very unlikely to get either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieWelch Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Well , true but he said Hollywood which I took meaning Hollywood studio work. If you just mean you want to work on productions of any kind in LA you don't even need a visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 He'll still need a visa to come to the US, and if he wants to work on anything but zero budget Craigslist projects, he'll need an O-1 and a Social Security no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted September 8, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 8, 2015 Exactly-- and even if he has a Visa, it's very unlikely he'd immediately be union eligible, or even offered union work. Most work in film is well outside the studios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I seriously hope no one is this thread is suggesting that the OP does anything that even remotely resembles breaking any of the laws in the US, labor or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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