Georgia is now the No. 1 filming location in the world, according to FilmL.A. And the media industry has had a giant impact on the state’s economy already.
“My goal is that within the next five years, women will direct and write 50 percent of what we see on our screens,” said Fran, one of the first American women to produce/direct her first feature film at age 60+.
The studio’s makeup and wardrobe rooms are located in the studio for accessibility and lockers are available for cast and crew to store personal belongings. The facility also has a drive-in door for easy access in unloading equipment.
The following is a statement from Charles Rivkin, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), on today’s passage of H.R. 1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in the United States Senate.
“It’s not like when we opened 11 years ago and they’d say, ‘You built a studio there? Why would you do that?’ We’ve really come a long way,” says Dana Arnold, CEO of Pacifica Ventures, which owns Albuquerque Studios. “There are ups and downs, but right now we’re on an up.”
Dalton State College started offering the four-year communication degree, and I saw they had added a film studies concentration. That is what gave me the motivation to get back into school and apply myself. I knew what I wanted to do.
Steve Bellamy, president of motion picture and entertainment for Kodak, said the company is in talks with numerous studios in metro Atlanta to possibly move its existing lab and offices.
In response to news that Rep. Jerrold Nadler will serve as the interim Ranking Democratic Leader of the House Judiciary Committee, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Chairman and CEO Cary Sherman issued a comment.
“I just fell in love with Georgia because of every movie that I made here, and I made six pictures here. And they were all successful,” Reynolds said.
Newnan-Coweta Chamber President and CEO Candace Boothby led the conversation with Mitch Seabaugh, former State Senator and former Senate Majority Whip; Scott Tigchelaar, President of Senoia Enterprises Inc. and Nic & Norman’s Inc.; and Greg Torre, deputy commissioner of marketing and communications with the Georgia Department of Economic Development.