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It’s quite possible that no other state besides Georgia could be the ideal home base for Trilith Studios’ top executive, Frank Patterson. The entrepreneur, higher education thought leader, film director, production company founder, and studio executive at the largest purpose-built film studio in North America is a force of creative business activity.

Discover Dunwoody is proud to recognize Shelby Grady as the September recipient of our Distinguished Production Associate Recognition Program.

The Sundance Institute is on the clock to decide where the new home of its Sundance Film Festival will be as of 2027.

The Otis Redding Foundation (ORF) celebrated its 3rd Annual "King of Soul Music Festival" on September 6 and 7, 2024, in Macon, Georgia.

Georgia Entertainment made it's first appearance at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival, one of the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the world. Spotlighting the cinematic achievements and industry infrastructure in the Peach State, Georgia remains on the mind of top international filmmakers.

“Atlanta-forward.” That’s the right-on description Doghouse Pictures' founder and CEO Jeff Keating uses to describe the new limited series, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. The Atlanta premiere of Fight Night rocked a packed house at The Tara Theatre on Saturday night, beginning with opening remarks from Georgia Entertainment President Jezlan Moyet.

Bowden plans to retire Dec. 31 after 29 years working for the city’s convention and visitors bureau, VisitColumbusGA, including the past 21 years as president and CEO.

Is Hollywood a place or an idea? For more than 100 years, it has been both. But with cities, states and countries across the globe hungry for film and TV production and luring projects with lucrative tax incentives, it’s becoming harder and harder to shoot in and around L.A.

The eighth annual Georgia Film Festival will take place Sept. 12-14, featuring several University of North Georgia (UNG) students. This year's films will be shown in the new cinema in the Gainesville Campus Performing Arts building.  

Norman Milton Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in the summer of 1922, but by the time he was nine years old, his nuclear family had shattered.