Additional Georgia Resources
Georgia Film Festivals
Georgia Organizations
Film Community Survey Results
Creator Resources
Filmmaker Toolkit
Film Grants & Labs
Film Distributors
Health & Life
Camera Ready Georgia
Here is a list of Camera Ready County Liaisons and 600+ camera ready locations. We encourage you to contact the Camera Ready liaison in the county where you are considering filming. // cameraready.georgia.org/film
Dekalb Entertainment Commission
The DeKalb Entertainment Commission offers businesses in Georgia’s fast-growing entertainment industry access to a collaborative, supportive infrastructure which stimulates the growth and success of creative ventures in film, television, music and digital entertainment. // dekalbentertainment.com
Georgia Film Office
For over 40 years, the Georgia Film Office has been engaged in bringing film and television production to Georgia. The office maintains a locations database of thousands of properties, and provides scouting assistance as well as certifying projects for the tax incentive. With its temperate climate, great variety of locations, the world’s busiest airport, large crew base and pro-business focus, Georgia is now a leading destination in the world for filming. // http://bit.ly/GAreelscout
SAG-AFTRA Atlanta Chapter
The SAG-AFTRA Atlanta Local services members working in Georgia and South Carolina. Find out about local productions, Casting Directors, and other local news. // sagaftra.org/atlanta
SAGindie
SAGindie promotes the working relationship between professional actors and passionate independent filmmakers. Since its formation in 1997, SAGindie has been traveling to film festivals, trade shows, and conventions spreading the word: Just because your film isn’t produced by a studio doesn’t mean you can’t use professional talent. As a free resource, SAGindie offers filmmakers clarity and kinship by guiding them through the SAG-AFTRA signatory process, making it even easier to hire professional actors, regardless of budget. // sagindie.org
Local & National Unions & Guilds
This is a partial list of the union organizations involved with collective bargaining for the film and television industry. There are links to the union official pages where you will find more information about membership requirements, issues they support, and information about how to join.
IATSE Local 479 iatse479.org
IATSE Local 600 - International Cinematographers Guild icg600.com
Teamsters Local 728 teamsterslocal728.org
IATSE Local 700 - Motion Picture Editors Guild editorsguild.com
Directors Guild of America (D.G.A) www.dga.org
Producers Guild of America (P.G.A) producersguild.org
Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) sagaftra.org
Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) wga.org
Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) wgaeast.org