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MovieMaker Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2022
Albuquerque (repeating at #1 for the fourth year)
Toronto (up 10 spots from last year, joining the Top 10 and Top 5)
Atlanta
Montreal (up three spots from last year, joining the Top 5)
Boston (up four spots from last year, joining the Top 5)
Vancouver
Chicago
Austin
Philadelphia
Calgary
Cincinnati (up two spots from last year)
Cleveland (up two spots from last year)
Oklahoma City (up two spots from last year)
Baltimore (up four spots from last year)
Dallas
San Francisco (rejoins the list after being absent last year)
San Diego
Miami
Kansas City
Memphis
Portland
San Antonio
Washington D.C.
St. Petersburg (up one spot from last year)
Fort Worth (joining the list for the first time)
MovieMaker compiles its annual list based on surveys, production spending, tax incentives, additional research, and personal visits, whenever possible.
This week, MovieMaker magazine named Cincinnati one of the best places in North America to live and work as a moviemaker in 2022, ranking best in the state and 11th overall. Cincinnati moved up two spots from last year’s list, and puts the area ahead of Cleveland, San Diego and Miami, among others.
“We are proud to return to the MovieMaker best places to live and work as a moviemaker,” said Kristen Schlotman, executive director of Film Cincinnati. “The recognition is a testament to the talented cast and crew who live and work here, and who keep the film industry so strong in Greater Cincinnati.
Film Cincinnati is the not-for-profit organization that works to promote Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky as a destination for film, commercial, and television production. Productions shooting in the area contributed nearly $80 million in economic impact in 2017 and 2018, the last years that figures are available.
“Cincinnati has moved up two slots since last year thanks partly to increasing productions, fueled by Ohio’s $40 million commitment to a 30% rebate on projects that spend at least $300,000,” says MovieMaker editor-in-chief Tim Molloy. “It’s having a huge moment, drawing productions like Oscar-winner John Ridley’s Shirley Chisholm biopic and the Timothée Chalamet film Bones and All.”