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Walking Dead producer calls for better California filming incentives
Gale Anne Hurd, currently the producer of hit zombie TV drama The Walking Dead, has called for better location filming incentives in California. In an interview with The LA Times, she revealed she hasn't filmed in California for nearly a…
North Carolina aims to capitalise on Hunger Games location filming
North Carolina is preparing to capitalise on dystopian drama The Hunger Games. The film spent four months filming in the state in 2011, spending around USD60 million and employing nearly 200 local crew members. Aaron Syrett is Director of the…
Filming in the south of France with Michel Brussol
Michel has have been working for the South of France Film Commission – Var (Commission du Film du Var) since 1996, which makes him the longest-serving film commissioner in France. The commission’s supported by The Conseil Général du Var, which…
Raleigh Studios Detroit facing decline after Michigan film incentives change
Raleigh Studios Detroit faces an uncertain future in the aftermath of last year’s dramatic cut in funding to Michigan’s state filming incentives. The studio has already defaulted on one USD630,000 interest payment this year and may have to do so…
On location abroad with Madrid-based line producer Jaime ‘Jimbo’ Terol
Jaime worked various PA jobs in the industry while studying in the early 1990s and then in 1995 he became a runner for Lee Films International, the company that he has been working for exclusively for the past 15 years.…
Chrysler to film 2013 Dodge commercial on location in small-town California
Vehicle manufacturer Chrysler will be filming its new Dodge spot on location in a small California town this week. Tehachapi lies in the south-west of the state in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains and Chrysler will film there on Wednesday…
Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman film on location in Louisiana
Now You See Me, a crime drama featuring Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman, has become one of the latest features to use Louisiana’s filming incentive programme. The production shut down part of the Crescent City Connection, twin cantilever bridges that…
Filming in Hawaii with Location Manager Kent Matsuoka
Kent attended the California Institute of the Arts for Fine Art Photography and was first introduced to locations by shooting houses and working as a site rep for a location agency in Los Angeles as a summer job. He was…
Filming in New South Wales with Location Manager David Singleton
David Singleton is a Location Manager based in Sydney, Australia. He’s been scouting and assisting Location Managers for the last three years, with a stint on Fremantles' Masterchef in between. He started out in 1997 working for a Korean production…
On location in Colorado with Location & Community Manager Laura Grey
Laura worked in production and on film permitting in Denver before joining the Colorado Office of Film Television and Media. Despite being tempted to continue in production, she stayed in Colorado and is now Location and Community Manager with the…