With Georgia’s Film Tax Credits Appearing Secure, Industry Continues To Bounce Back From Pandemic

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State Rep. Matt Dollar chairs the new House Creative Arts and Entertainment committee, which met Wednesday to hear an update on how the film industry has dealt with the pandemic.

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Steve Mensch, who oversees operations at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, says just a few months into the pandemic last year, the studio started quarantining hundreds of cast and crew members in on-site housing.

He says that created a blueprint of how to get back to work. Now, he says, they’re booked through the end of 2021.

“For the very first time, I have no space on the lot,” Mensch told the House Creative Arts and Entertainment committee on Wednesday. “Usually we’re able to squeeze a piece of work in here or there, but we are absolutely at capacity.”