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Our deepest regrets are with Steve Mensch’s family and all those impacted at Tyler Perry Studios. As one of Georgia’s biggest advocates for film and television production and the kindest person you could know, he will be incredibly missed. Our prayers and thoughts are with his loved ones at this time.

The annual presentation of the Georgia Creative Champion of the Year will be made at Georgia Entertainment's Signature 100 event at Assembly Studios on Dec. 11. The award will be given to a professional that characterizes the passion, heart and progress of the state's creative industries.

I visited with 7th and 8th grade students recently at Otwell Middle School. Their Dawg Talk video podcast is 100% student-led and is the first and only program of its kind among Forsyth County middle schools. It was created inside Greg Walkup’s A/V Broadcast & Film program along with David Miller.

Georgia’s entertainment and tourism industries are about to converge in a major way at the VIP Entertainment Tourism Breakfast, set for December 12, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the Crowne Plaza in Dunwoody.

Seth Ingram is the Executive Director of the Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) and Division Chair of Humanities in Film Production at Georgia Highlands College. He also executive produced the highly anticipated, Georgia-lensed, ‘Signing Day.’

Long-time experience as a professional touring musician and recording artist enables Keith Perissi, MBA, to intimately understand the entertainment industry.

The combined Signature Georgia Entertainment 100 & Georgia Unscripted was held in Columbus, Georgia on Nov 19. 

Julie Ann Crommett is a leading voice for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), with 15 years of experience driving systemic change in media and tech.

Georgia Entertainment sat down with Head of Effects Jason Mayer with DreamWorks Animation, based in the Media District of Los Angeles, from the convenience of the Midtown campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) at the university’s AnimationFest event this fall.

Trey Baggerly serves as the Director of Event Services for Coweta County, Georgia, and is one of the state’s 159 film liaisons in the Georgia Camera Ready Communities Program.