As a swimming pool contracting business, Aquatic Environments has benefited from the numerous amount of water scenes in productions shot in Georgia. In fact, the upswing in business related to film has added 20 percent to their bottom line. Started in Jonesboro in 1984, Aquatic Environments has… Read More
Macon native Catina was drawn back to her home state after a stint studying film production at UCLA. As the industry acknowledged the incredible growth of the film industry in Georgia, she thought it would be a perfect time to head back to become a production coordinator for various studios and… Read More
Georgia prides itself on having locations to fit almost every film staging, and Clayton County native (and GSU graduate) Kyle Hinshaw knows them all as a location manager. Whether it’s Atlanta as a setting for a car chase in “Baby Driver” or rural Monroe County for “Greenland,” Kyle handles most of… Read More
Photographer Steve Dietl has been working in Georgia’s film industry for over 10 years, amassing credits such as “Ozark,” “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” and “Raising Dion.” Steve was drawn to the variety of film productions in Georgia when he moved to the state from New Orleans: “I’d work on a… Read More
Janice Scott found her way to working in film through church. A devout member of World Changer Church, she was able to network with congregants who worked in film to become a stand-in actor. Janice has worked on productions such as “Sweet Magnolias,” “The Resident,” and “The Haves and The Have Nots… Read More
Working in sports TV production, Rachel Fry found it difficult to raise a child and continue with extensive travel affiliated with her job. The Georgia film industry provided her with the stability to settle down and work as an office manager with EUE/Screen Gems. Atlanta was the only place she… Read More
Beth Castro and her catering company, Elizabeth’s Catering, specializes in custom cakes. Word quickly spread in the film industry, and she was hired to do wrap parties and production catering. What started as an elaborate birthday cake for an actor, quickly blossomed to feeding entire crews on sets… Read More
“In a business, two brains are always better than one!” Storyboard artist Brian McGee perfectly sums up his relationship with wife and agent Audrey Beharie. The two of them teamed up to start B.R.E. Productions International in 2012 and have been working with such productions as “Lovecraft Country… Read More
The McIntosh County Shouters are featured in “Freedom’s Path,” an historical film based on the Civil War. The director of the film came across the world renowned Shouters after seeing them perform at the Smithsonian. Not only do they appear in the movie, the group added elements in the feature’s… Read More
Korean War-era film “Devotion” is the true life story of Jesse L. Brown, the nation’s first African American to complete Naval basic flight training. The airport in Statesboro provided the backdrop for the replica of the USS Leyte, the setting for much of the flight sequences in the film. Hundreds… Read More
