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The time has come to build a film industry in the DMV.
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The DMV sends a wealth of talented film and television professionals to productions in the "established" production centers in Los Angeles, New York, "Hollywood South" in Atlanta, Louisiana, New Mexico, Vancouver, B.C.
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Baltimore benefits from past production activities by David Simon and Barry Levinson. Washington D.C. is a second unit location for many productions who need a few days to film establishing shots of local landmarks and hire a few extras but offer not enough work to sustain our local artists.
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Isn't it time for our local actors, writers, producers, directors, composers and post-production professionals to go to work consistently in their own backyard?
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We're bringing world famous acting talent to the DMV from New York and Los Angeles to share the screens with our well established and gifted local talent to increase the distribution options for our productions.
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Wouldn't the local DMV economies benefit from the revenue that increased film and television production activities could attract to the local economy?
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Georgia ("Hollywood South"), Louisiana, New Mexico, Vancouver, B.C. and other locations offer generous tax incentives that have attracted the millions of dollars in annual revenue from "runaway" productions from Los Angeles and New York, not to mention the resulting film production infrastructure that has been built in those locations to satisfy the increased demand for equipment rentals, locations, post-production facilities and locations.
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Oklahoma, Utah, Texas, Michigan and other states have begun to compete with their own enhanced incentive programs. Why shouldn't the DMV?
