About the Industry
In Georgia, the entertainment industry has never been more promising. Since its founding, the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office has established a national reputation in support of the entertainment industry.
With generous financial incentives, a skilled crew base, high quality of life, vast array of locations, moderate climate, an international airport with direct flights throughout the world, and abundant production services, Georgia offers ample production value at a competitive cost.
Need help identifying sites? Our extensive location library contains over 90,000 images of the state. Looking for homegrown talent? Use our annual sourcebook of Georgia’s production crews, technical specialists, equipment suppliers, talent and services. More than 800 industry-specific businesses and thousands of industry-specific professionals and craftspeople call Georgia home.
Since the inception of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office in 1973, more than 550 major motion pictures, indie features and television programs have filmed in the state including Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Driving Miss Daisy, The Gospel, Sweet Home Alabama, The Fighting Temptations, Forrest Gump, the Emmy Award-winning HBO film Warm Springs, In the Heat of the Night, The Dukes of Hazzard, ATL and We Are Marshall.
Georgia’s music industry is among the largest and most diverse in the nation. In the past 20 years, Georgia’s music industry has experienced unprecedented growth in the number of music recording establishments, record labels and other professional services connected with the commercial music industry.
With an impressive technology infrastructure in place, the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office, is leading the way in the thriving and powerful video game development industry in Georgia. Emerging media industries such as game development, animation and interactive entertainment are booming all across the state. According to the Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA), more than 2,000 Georgians are employed in some form of video game development.
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