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.
More than 700 film and television projects have shot in Georgia including: Madea Goes to Jail, Fireproof, We Are Marshall, Stomp the Yard, 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 and The Dukes of Hazzard.
To further demonstrate the growth of this industry in Georgia, figures from FY '08-'09 show the following (updated 8/09):
- Television networks, Hollywood studios, production companies and independent producers invested more than $521 million in Georgia
- The economic impact of this investment was $929 million
- 13 industry supply-chain companies have recently located to Georgia
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.
Georgia boasts one of the deepest and most experienced crew bases in the country, with more than 4,000 union and non-union professionals. Another 800 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.
Interested in shooting in Georgia? Please contact our staff so we can learn more about your project.
Related Sites:
Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival
cforty7 - Georgia Short Film Festival
Savannah Film Commission
Georgia Film & Video Sourcebook
Atlanta Film Festival 365
Georgia Production Partnership (GPP)
Atlanta Film Festival
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Rome International Film Festival (RIFF)
Women In Film/Atlanta
Atlanta Film Community
Savannah Film Festival
Atlanta Underground Film Festival
Out On Film Festival
Atlanta Urban Mediamakers Association
Macon Georgia Film & Video Festival