Is the British film industry dead?

 Is the British film industry dead ?

• The UK film councils claims about the recent success of British film were false according to screenwriter Jonathan Gems. According to Gems none of the films were British as most of them were produced by 4 foreign studios:Pathe, Warner Bros, Disney and Universal.
• In 1939 "Hollywood Accountancy" was born when Franklin D Roosevelt wanted to encourage the American public to help support Roosevelt's idea to help Britain by declaring war on Germany.After being turned down by congress Roosevelt sought after the help of the newspapers initially however due to complications he decided to approach the film studios in Hollywood to produce anti-German films, in exchange these studios will receive financial-control exemptions.
• According to defenders of UK subsidies to foreign companies it is insisted that they create jobs for British film makers keeping British production facilities alive however according to producer John Peter's the real reason behind this is because how it's "30% cheaper" to film in the UK and also British workers are much more submissive than American workers.
• Gems states that the British film industry doesn't exist- it hasn't existed for more than 30 years
• Gems goes on to say before the Eady Levy scheme was abolished and capital allowances, there was a British film industry. The Levy meant that in exchange for access to our domestic market, foreign distributors paid the government a small amount of their profits, which were passed onto British distributors.
• However in the early seventies, under the pressure of the US government,the levy was abolished which according to Gems began the death of the British film industry.
• Today the Hollywood six control 84% of the British domestic market with the french company Pathe controlling 12% and only a 4% for British films. Gem's states that A national film industry cannot exist unless it has at least 20% of its home market share.
• America makes about 2000 films a year however Americas hit ratio is 2.5% .Whereas France only produces 100 film but are four times more successful than Hollywood's.To make sure things are fair legislation is used to adjust it which prevents the destruction of french films.
• Before 1970 British films created close to 100 stars however since 1970 according to Gems British film hasn't been able to produced one star.
• Jk Rowling sold the right of Harry Potter to an American film studio because of the absence of a British one.
• The Misconception is that Britain cant produce these film because we lack the money however banks are investing billions into other projects.
• There are many unofficial laws which protect US films such as the Working title rate which dictates that if a foreign production company wants an American star they must pay a tariff which is the star's price multiplied by three. This is known within the film industry as the working title rate because the British production company were the first to pay this tariff.
• The Government however protects British television as legislation dictates American products can't take  more than a 30% share of terrestrial broadcasting.
• Gems claims that Britain will continue not to have its own film industry until it starts releasing 50 films regularly each year.