Months after exiting soundstages, Quixote sells gear rental businesses, prompting layoffs
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Set us as preferred Five months after pulling back from most of its Los Angeles soundstage business, production services company Quixote is selling much of its equipment operation.Equipment rental house Cinelease announced Sept.15 that it had acquired Quixote’s grip and lighting and production supplies assets in Los Angeles and New York.
The transaction resulted in roughly 60 layoffs.Most of the affected employees were based in L.A., with a few in New York.The production supplies business will operate as Cinelease Pro Supplies.“Our sales team is reaching out directly to clients with active or upcoming rentals from these businesses and will work with Cinelease to help ensure a smooth transition,” the company said in an email on Sept.
15 to its clients.“It has been our privilege to serve you, and we look forward to continuing to be your source for production and events transportation.” Hollywood Inc.
Four months after production services vendor Quixote said it would close much of its L.A.soundstage business, producer Manny Halley has leased one of its Pacoima facilities and plans to reopen it this fall.In April, Quixote announced it was winding down most of its Los Angeles soundstage business, including its main commercial studio in West Hollywood and its North Valley studio in Pacoima.
A producer has since taken over the Pacoima site.Quixote has also closed its production services operation in Atlanta, following earlier closures in New Orleans and Albuquerque.
Quixote’s Griffith Park studio will remain open.Cinelease, a Los Angeles lighting and grip rental company founded in 1977, has been expanding in recent months.
It has added rigging and fencing businesses and is pursuing work in live events and sports alongside film and TV.Quixote was founded in 1995.Los Angeles-based real estate company Hudson Pacific P...