The Film Office is able to recruit these types of high-profile productions because of a film tax credit programme enacted by the legislature in 2007.
Pam Haynes, Director of the West Virginia Film Office
West Virginia
International feature film, Z for Zachariah shot on location in West Virginia. It tells the story of a young woman and two men who become embroiled in a fierce love triangle, against the backdrop of a post-apocalytpic wastleland.
For Rich Graff's docudrama, The Making of the Mob: New York, Martinsburg was use to double for an early 20th century New York.
The West Virginia incentive provides a base transferable tax credit of 27% on all labour, talent, rentals and purchases in the state, plus a 4% bonus for hiring 10 or more locals.
The incentive applies to both resi- dent and non-resident wages for talent, management and labour, provided that wages are subject to West Virginia income tax. There are no caps on talent, but there is a USD5 million annual cap on credits.
The state also incentivises local crew hires and the film office now runs production co-ordinator training courses in Fairmont.
Climate
West Virginia has a sub-tropical climate at lower levels in the south-west and far east. The rest of the state has a mainly humid continental climate.
January temperatures range from around −4C to 5C. July averages range from 19C to 24 C. The mountain regions are noticeably cooler than lower levels.
Average daily daylight
Average daily sunlight
Directory
- Rocky Buttes Movie Ranch - Jul 21, 2017
- Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission - Jul 12, 2017
- Surrey Film Office - Jun 20, 2017
- UltimateGraveyard - Mojave Desert Film & Photo Location - Jun 1, 2017
- Picture Perfect Productions - May 26, 2017
- Atlanta Metro Studios - May 2, 2017
- Pittsburgh Film Office - Apr 27, 2017
- Savannah Film Factory - Apr 27, 2017
- Santa Fe Film Office - Apr 27, 2017
- Film Florida - Apr 25, 2017
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