State Production Resources
U.S. Film Production Resources by State
SAG-AFTRA low budget agreements stipulate that productions must be shot entirely within the United States. Choosing a filming location requires many considerations, and each U.S. state and territory contains their own landmarks, regulations, and film/acting communities. This state-by-state production resource guide can help make it easier to decide where to film your next production.
Click around the listings below to get information on film commissions, research production incentives, look up state labor laws, and find local organizations that provide assistance and resources to independent filmmakers like you.
- State film office
- Local resources
- Notable films
SAG-AFTRA office
Alabama Production Resources
- Alabama Film Office
401 Adams Ave, Ste 170
Montgomery, AL 36130
- 334.242.4195
- Selma
- Get Out
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Miami
Alaska Production Resources
Arizona Production Resources
- Arizona Office of Film & Digital Media
c/o Arizona Commerce Authority
118 N 7th Ave, Ste 400
Phoenix, AZ 85007
- 602.845.1275
- Transamerica
- Little Miss Sunshine
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Arizona–Utah (contract services provided by Los Angeles office)
Arkansas Production Resources
- Arkansas Production Alliance
c/o Arkansas Film Commission
900 W Capitol Ave, Ste 400
Little Rock, AR 72201
- 501.682.7676
- Sling Blade
- Mud
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Dallas–Fort Worth
California Production Resources
- California Film Commission
7080 Hollywood Blvd, Ste 900
Los Angeles, CA 90028
- 323.860.2960
- Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
- Bay Area Women In Film and Media (BAWIFM)
- Berkeley Film Foundation
- California Film Institute
- California Lawyers for the Arts
- Echo Park Film Center
- FilmL.A., Inc.
- Film Consortium San Diego
- Film Independent
- Film Liaisons In California Statewide (FLICS)
- Filmmakers Alliance
- Los Angeles Post Production Group (LAPPG)
- Media Arts Center San Diego
- NewFilmmakers Los Angeles
- Outfest Forward
- Palm Springs International Film Society
- Reel Directory
- San Diego Filmmakers
- SFFILM
- Women in Film Los Angeles
- Labor and Workforce Development Agency
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Los Angeles (southern CA); San Francisco–Northern California (northern CA); San Diego (contract services provided by Los Angeles office)
Colorado Production Resources
- Colorado Office of Film, Television & Media
1625 Broadway, Ste 2700
Denver, CO 80202
- 303.892.3840
- Cop Car
- Amateur
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Colorado (contract services provided by Los Angeles office)
Connecticut Production Resources
- Connecticut Office of Film, Television & Digital Media
c/o Department of Economic and Community Development
450 Columbus Blvd, Ste 5
Hartford, CT 06103
- 860.500.2300
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New York (western CT); New England (eastern CT)
Delaware Production Resources
Washington, D.C. Production Resources
- DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment
1899 9th St NE
Washington, DC 20018
- 202.727.6608
- Thank You For Smoking
- Jackie
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Washington–Mid Atlantic
Florida Production Resources
- The Florida Office of Film and Entertainment
107 E Madison St
Tallahassee, FL 32399
- 850.717.8990
- Spring Breakers
- Moonlight
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Miami
Georgia Production Resources
- Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office
c/o Department of Economic Development
75 5th St NW, Ste 1200
Atlanta, GA 30308
- 404.962.4052
- The Spectacular Now
- Baby Driver
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Atlanta
Guam Production Resources
Hawaii Production Resources
- Hawaii Film Office
250 S Hotel St, Ste 510-A
Honolulu, HI 96813
- 808.586.2570
- The Descendants
- Camino
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Hawaii
Idaho Production Resources
- Idaho Film Office
c/o Idaho Commerce
700 W State St
Boise, ID 83702
- 208.334.2470
- Smoke Signals
- Napoleon Dynamite
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Seattle
Illinois Production Resources
- Illinois Film Office
100 W Randolph, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
- 312.814.3600
- Chicago Filmmakers
- Full Spectrum Features
- Gene Siskel Film Center
- IFP Chicago
- Independent Film Initiative (IFI) | Chicago Film Office
- Lawyers for the Creative Arts
- Mezcla Media Collective
- Midwest Independent Film Festival
- Northwest Illinois Film Office
- Stage 18 Chicago
- Women in Film Chicago
- Department of Labor
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Chicago
Indiana Production Resources
- Indiana Film Commission
One N Capitol, Ste 600
Indianapolis, IN 46204
- 317.232.8897
- Hoosiers
- Columbus
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Chicago
Iowa Production Resources
- Produce Iowa | State Office of Media Production
c/o Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
600 E Locust St
Des Moines, IA 50319
- 515.725.0044
- Citizen Ruth
- The Midnight Swim
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Chicago (eastern IA); Missouri Valley (western IA)
Kansas Production Resources
- Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
c/o Kansas Department of Commerce
1000 SW Jackson St, Ste 100
Topeka, KS 66612
- 785.296.2178
- Ride with the Devil
- The Big Kahuna
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Missouri Valley
Kentucky Production Resources
- Kentucky Film Office
100 Airport Rd, Ste 200
Frankfort, KY 40601
- 800.345.6591
- Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
- Men Go to Battle
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Nashville
Louisiana Production Resources
- Louisiana Entertainment
617 N 3rd St
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
- 225.342.5403
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New Orleans (contract services provided by Miami office)
Maine Production Resources
- Maine Film Office
59 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
- 207.624.9828
- Black Rock
- Five Nights in Maine
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New England
Maryland Production Resources
- Maryland Film Office
401 E Pratt St, 14th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
- 410.767.6340
- The Blair Witch Project
- Rocket Science
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Washington–Mid Atlantic
Massachusetts Production Resources
- Massachusetts Film Office
136 Blackstone St, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02109
- 617.973.8400
- Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative
- Filmmakers Collaborative
- Imagine Magazine
- Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston)
- Massachusetts Production Coalition
- New England Film
- Provincetown Film Society/Institute
- Screenwriters Colony
- Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Massachusetts
- Women in Film & Video New England (WIFVNE)
- Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New England
Michigan Production Resources
- Michigan Film & Digital Media Office
300 N Washington Square, 4th Floor
Lansing, MI 48913
- 800.477.3456
- Beside Still Waters
- It Follows
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Michigan (contract services provided by Chicago office)
Minnesota Production Resources
- Minnesota Film and Television
401 N 3rd St, Ste 245
Minneapolis, MN 55401
- 612.767.0095
- Dear White People
- Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Twin Cities (contract services provided by Chicago office)
Mississippi Production Resources
- Mississippi Film Office
Woolfolk State Office Building
501 N West St, 5th Floor
Jackson, MS 39201
- 601.359.3297
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- The Hollars
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New Orleans (contract services provided by Miami office)
Missouri Production Resources
- Missouri Film Office
301 W High St, Ste 290
Jefferson City, MO 65101
- 573.526.3566
- CinemaKC
- Cinema St. Louis
- Continuity
- Film Society KC
- Film St. Louis
- Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City (IFCKC)
- Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts (KCVLAA)
- Kansas City Women in Film & TV (KCWIFT)
- Missouri Film Alliance
- Missouri Motion Media Association (MOMMA)
- St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA)
- Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
- Winter’s Bone
- You’re Next
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Missouri Valley
Montana Production Resources
- Montana Film Office
301 S Park Ave
Helena, MT 59620
- 406.841.2876
- Northfork
- Certain Women
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Seattle
Nebraska Production Resources
- Nebraska Film Office
PO Box 98907
Lincoln, NE 68509
- 800.426.6505
- Nebraska
- Take Me to the River
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Missouri Valley
Nevada Production Resources
- Nevada Film Office
6655 W Sahara, Ste C106
Las Vegas, NV 89146
- 877.638.3456
- Hard Eight
- The Cooler
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Nevada (contract services provided by Los Angeles office)
New Hampshire Production Resources
- New Hampshire Film Bureau
c/o Division of Travel and Tourism Development
172 Pembroke Rd
Concord, NH 03301
- 603.271.2220
- Mystery Team
- In Your Eyes
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New England
New Jersey Production Resources
- New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission
153 Halsey St, 5th Floor
PO Box 47023
Newark, NJ 07101
- 973.648.6279
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New York (northern NJ); Philadelphia (southern NJ)
New Mexico Production Resources
- New Mexico State Film Office
Joseph Montoya Building
1100 S Saint Francis Dr, 1st Floor, Ste 1213
Santa Fe, NM 87505
- 505.476.5600
- Outlaws and Angels
- Hell or High Water
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New Mexico (contract services provided by Los Angeles office)
New York Production Resources
- Governor’s Office of Motion Picture & Television Development
633 3rd Ave
New York, NY 10017
- 212.803.2330
- Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective
- Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV)
- Film Society of Lincoln Center
- Filmshop
- Hudson Valley Film Commission
- Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)
- Jacob Burns Film Center
- Made in NY | Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment
- New York Film/Video Council (NYFVC)
- New York Production Alliance
- New York Production Guide
- New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT)
- Post New York Alliance
- Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center
- Stockade Works
- Tribeca Film Institute
- Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA)
- Department of Labor
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New York
North Carolina Production Resources
- North Carolina Film Office
c/o Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina
15000 Weston Parkway
Cary, NC 27513
- 919.447.7800
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Washington–Mid Atlantic
North Dakota Production Resources
- No state film office
- Fargo
- American Honey
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Twin Cities (contract services provided by Chicago office)
Ohio Production Resources
- Ohio Film Office
77 S High St, 29th Floor
PO Box 1001
Columbus, OH 43216
- 614.644.5156
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Ohio–Pittsburgh
Oklahoma Production Resources
- Oklahoma Film & Music Office
PO Box 52002
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
- 405.522.9635
- The Scent of Rain & Lightning
- I Can Only Imagine
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Dallas–Fort Worth
Oregon Production Resources
- Oregon Film
123 NE 3rd Ave, Ste 210
Portland, OR 97232
- 971.254.4020
- My Own Private Idaho
- I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Portland (contract services provided by Seattle office)
Pennsylvania Production Resources
- Pennsylvania Film Office
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North St, 4th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120
- 717.783.3456
- Film Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania
- Greater Philadelphia Filmmakers
- Pennsylvania Film Industry Association
- Philadelphia Independent Film & Video Association (PIFVA)
- Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA)
- Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (PF/PCA)
- Scribe Video Center
- Steeltown Entertainment Project
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts | Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts | Dauphin County
- Women in Film and Media Pittsburgh
- Department of Labor & Industry
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Ohio–Pittsburgh (western PA); Philadelphia (eastern PA)
Puerto Rico Production Resources
- Film in Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR 00918
- 787.754.6444
- Life During Wartime
- The Rum Diary
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Miami
Rhode Island Production Resources
- Rhode Island Film & Television Office
One Capitol Hill, 3rd Fl
Providence, RI 02908
- 401.222.3456
- SAG-AFTRA Local: New England
South Carolina Production Resources
- South Carolina Film Commission
1205 Pendleton St, Room 225
Columbia, SC 29201
- 803.737.0490
- O
- Sophie and the Rising Sun
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Atlanta
South Dakota Production Resources
- South Dakota Film Office
711 E Wells Ave
Pierre, SD 57501
- 605.773.3301
- Dances With Wolves
- Songs My Brothers Taught Me
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Twin Cities (contract services provided by Chicago office)
Tennessee Production Resources
- Tennessee Entertainment Commission
312 Rosa Parks Ave, Tennessee Tower, 23rd Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
- 615.741.3456
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Nashville
Texas Production Resources
- Texas Film Commission
1100 San Jacinto, Ste 3.410
Austin, TX 78701
- 512.463.9200
- Austin Film Meet
- Austin Film Society
- Dallas Film Society
- Dallas Producers Association
- Dallas Screenwriters Association
- Houston Cinema Arts Society
- Houston Production Guide
- ShortFilmTexas
- Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP)
- Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
- Texas Association of Motion Media Professionals (TAMMP)
- Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA)
- Women in Film Dallas
- Women in Film & Television Houston
- Workforce Commission
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Dallas–Fort Worth (north TX); Houston–Austin (south TX; contract services provided by Dallas–Fort Worth office)
U.S. Virgin Islands Production Resources
Utah Production Resources
- Utah Film Commission
300 N State St
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
- 800.453.8824
- 127 Hours
- Hereditary
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Arizona–Utah (contract services provided by Los Angeles office)
Vermont Production Resources
Virginia Production Resources
- Virginia Film Office
901 E Cary St, Ste 900
Richmond, VA 23219
- 800.854.6233
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Washington–Mid Atlantic
Washington Production Resources
- Washington Filmworks
1904 Third Ave, Ste 228
Seattle, WA 98101
- 206.264.0667
- Fat Kid Rules the World
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Seattle
West Virginia Production Resources
- West Virginia Film Office
c/o West Virginia Tourism Office
Building 3, Ste 100, State Capitol Complex
1900 Kanawha Blvd East
Charleston, WV 25305
- 866.698.3456
- Bubble
- Little Accidents
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Ohio–Pittsburgh (northern WV); Washington–Mid Atlantic (southern WV)
Wisconsin Production Resources
Wyoming Production Resources
- Wyoming Film Office
c/o Wyoming Office of Tourism
5611 High Plains Rd
Cheyenne, WY 82007
- 307.777.7777
- Django Unchained
- Lamb
- SAG-AFTRA Local: Colorado (contract services provided by Los Angeles office)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2018 (MovieMaker Magazine)
- U.S. Production Incentives Map (Variety 411)
- Film Schools & Training Programs (Directors Guild of America)
- Green Production Guide (Producers Guild of America)
- Film Commission Directory Map (Association of Film Commissioners International)
- United States Department of Labor
- SAGindie Helpful Links
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