While Netflix, WarnerMedia and Sony each have stepped up with $100 million funds to aid, in part, out-of-work crewmembers, but most industry giving has been focused on medical first responders so far
On March 12, Broadway shut down, leaving thousands of performers and stagehands out of work. In the aftermath,actor Erich Bergen called Rosie O'Donnell with a plan to help those in need. "He said right from the get-go to do it as a benefit for The Actors Fund," O'Donnell recalls. "They give you actual money so you can live. That's what we want."
A few Hollywood individuals have written seven-figure checks in response to the coronavirus crisis, including Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. But those contributions have largely benefitted recipients outside of the industry . Among the six-figure givers, Bob Iger, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg each donated $500,000 to a government fund to help those in need in Los Angeles.
O’Donnell echoed that point. “Below-the-line crew have no income right now. Their lives are turned upside down. All these people who went from nowhere to showbiz, little Steven Spielberg in Arizona, you know? It would be a mitzvah, why wouldn’t he [help those in his profession]? And why would he think that half a million is enough?”
Film and TV crewmembers typically receive hourly or day rates instead of a lump sum and earn less than above-the-line roles like directors, stars and producers. In general, they do not receive health care from the production companies they work for, nor do they receive paid sick leave. And as the sports industry has shut down, so too has television's sportscast workforce. IATSE estimates that virtually all of TV sports broadcast employees including technicians are now unemployed. Fox, ESPN, Turner, CBS and NBC committed to paying production crews hired for canceled NCAA basketball tournaments, PGA Tour events and some future competitions through mid-April.
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