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Johnston’s serves as a broker for entertainers who travel between Atlanta, Los Angeles and Miami and are in need of luxury rentals, home purchases, and even shoots. She also talks about her mid-century modern Ridgewood House that has been used in numerous Georgia film and TV series productions – it has also served as home to some of Hollywood’s favorites while on set.
Ballots for the union’s two largest locals, Los Angeles and New York, were also tabulated Thursday. Jane Austin was re-elected president of the Los Angeles Local and Mike Hodge was re-elected president of the New York Local.
Film-makers and financiers also fear that Brexit could see the UK’s role in European co-productions threatened because Britain will not be eligible for support from a huge EU funding pot designed to support films across the continent.
“We at Church’s Chicken have been in this community for decades and we believe the narrative here continues to unfold. So, we commissioned our own documentary to help tell the story of the people who live here day in and day out.”
Producers spent five weeks filming in the town of Ball Ground, 50 miles north of Atlanta, which was dressed to look like 1980s Arkansas.
In August 2017, CATMEDIA Entertainment, headed by Catherine Downey and her creative team wrapped post-production on its first full-length film, Mnemosyne. The process of producing this film began in February 2016.
“North Carolinians should not have to travel to places like Georgia to get jobs in film.”
The maximum investment in any project does not exceed $2,500,000 and is targeting the non-studio production in the $500,000 to $5,000,000 range.
“We have the complete package,” Lee Thomas says. The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s deputy commissioner for film, music, and digital entertainment is enumerating the reasons the state makes for an attractive filming destination prior to and independent of the incentive.
The film is no stranger to changes, having shifted production last minute from Canada to Georgia back in March.