With the exception of expansive deserts or the Arctic Ocean, Georgia has stood in for locations around the world....including Georgia. Whether your project is a high-action thriller, Southern melodrama, car commercial, urban comedy, dazzling music video or mystery adventure, Georgia has the right backdrop for you.
"…numerous carpenters, hairstylists, accountants and other workers upended by the economic slump have found steady gigs through Georgia's skyrocketing number of film and television shoots."
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More than 700 film and television projects have shot in Georgia including these in 2011: Footloose, The Three Stooges, American Reunion, The Wettest County, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Jayne Mansfield's Car, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Madea's Big Happy Family, Wanderlust, Fast & Furious 5, X Man: First Class
Other films shot in Georgia prior to '11 include: Madea Goes to Jail, Fireproof, We Are Marshall, Stomp the Yard, Driving Miss Daisy, The Blind Side, Zombieland, My Cousin Vinny, Sweet Home Alabama, The Fighting Temptations, the Emmy Award-winning HBO film Warm Springs, In the Heat of the Night and The Dukes of Hazzard. (For a complete list, please visit our Georgia Filmography page.)
To further demonstrate the growth of this industry in Georgia, figures from FY '11 show the following (updated 11/11):
• Television networks, Hollywood studios, production companies and independent
producers invested more than $689.3 million in Georgia
• The economic impact of this investment was $2.4 billion
• Exponential growth in infrastructure including the location or expansion of 4 full service
sound stages.
Our office's skilled and knowledgeable location specialists can help you find whatever locations you're searching for. The largest state east of the Mississippi River, Georgia offers an astounding variety of landscapes including beautiful mountains, rural farmlands, coastal beaches and islands, swamps and marshes, scenic rivers and lakes, small towns, major metropolitan cities and more.
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'Stay seated for the credits .... and you'll see why Georgia Film officials love Hollywood these days,' writes the AJC.
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Georgia boasts one of the deepest and most experienced crew bases in the country, with more than 5,000 union and non-union professionals. Another 1000 production suppliers and support vendors also make their home here, from lighting and grip to film and HD camera rental houses, sound stages, post production facilities, film labs, video game development studios, sound design and recording studios, and much more. Georgia also has an extensive network of tremendously talented actors and casting agencies.
Combined with our generous financial incentives, vast transportation network (including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest), moderate climate and high quality of life, Georgia offers ample production value at a competitive cost.
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Interested in shooting in Georgia? Please contact our staff so we can learn more about your project.
Related Sites:
Savannah Film Commission
Coastal Georgia Film Alliance
Georgia Film, Video & Digital Entertainment Sourcebook
Women in Film & Television Atlanta
Georgia Production Partnership (GPP)
Atlanta Film Festival
Peachtree Village International Film Festival (PVIFF)
Rome International Film Festival (RIFF)
Atlanta Film Community
Savannah Film Festival
Atlanta Underground Film Festival
Out On Film Festival
Urban Mediamakers Association
Macon Georgia Film & Video Festival
Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival