Hollywood is located in the outskirts of Los Angeles, California, on the west coast of the United States. It is a place with pleasant scenery near the mountains and by the water.

First discovered by photographers looking for locations, it attracted many filmmakers around the beginning of the 20th century, and then small companies and independent producers who wanted to escape the control of patent companies flocked to it, gradually forming a film center.

In the period before and after the First World War, masters such as Griffith and Chaplin made a world name for American cinema, and big Wall Street conglomerates got involved.

The Hollywood film city was formed and rose rapidly, and the film industry precisely adapted to the needs of the rapid economic development of the United States in this period. The film was further incorporated into the economic mechanism and became a part of seeking profits. The abundant capital and the increase in film production ensured the dumping of the American film market in the world.

The small village outside Los Angeles eventually became a huge movie town, and Hollywood became synonymous with American cinema.

Due to the local developed entertainment industry, but the scope of the distribution of film studios has long been not limited to a corner of Hollywood, Hollywood and the surrounding Burbank and other cities together constitute the center of the United States film and television industry, Hollywood has many decades of history of the old movie theater, usually used as a movie premiere or Oscar awards venue, but also become a popular tourist location.

As part of the city of Greater Los Angeles, Hollywood does not have its own municipal department, but it does have a designated official who serves as the so-called "honorary mayor" for ceremonial purposes only.

The former mayor of Hollywood was Johnny Grant.

Hollywood is home to many of the world's top directors, writers, stars, and stunt people.

Hollywood film scenes of the atmosphere, hot, realistic, gorgeous special effects left a deep impression on people.

Hollywood as a filmmaker's paradise has also attracted a large number of Chinese stars and directors, Chinese stars: Long, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yunfat, Gong Li, Li Bingbing, Liu Yifei, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, Japanese star Uno Minako, famous directors Ang Lee, John Woo have come to Hollywood development.

Hollywood films quickly became popular in China after the introduction of foreign films, and American blockbusters and Hollywood stars found many supporters.

Today Hollywood is a diverse, vibrant and active downtown. It has taken on great symbolic significance in the culture of the United States of America.

It can be said that the history of Hollywood is the history of American cinema.

The films produced by Hollywood not only meet the needs of the film market in the United States of America, but also export to all over the world, not only exporting the culture of the United States of America, but also bringing huge profits to Hollywood investors.
With the development of the film industry and the change of the economy, Hollywood mainstream film manufacturers used to have different titles such as "eight major film companies" and "seven sisters".