Become an Actor in Georgia!
Think major movies and TV shows are only filmed in Hollywood, CA or New York city? Think again. Mainstream motion pictures and television shows are filmed
across the country and around the world. No matter where you live, your chance to appear in a movie or on TV is closer than you might think.
Filmed in Georgia
The following films and/or television shows have been filmed in whole or in part in Georgia.
ATL (2006)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Cape Fear (1991)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Deliverance (1972)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Independence Day (1996)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Road Trip (2000)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
The Cosby Show (1984 TV series)
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
The Gift (2000)
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Georgia Film Commission / Film Office
Georgia Film, Video & Music Office
Georgia Department of Economic Development
75 Fifth St, Suite 1200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Tel: 404-962-4052
Fax: 404-962-4053
film@georgia.org
www.georgia.org
Major Cities in Georgia
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Savannah
Athens
Macon
Roswell
Albany
Marietta
Warner Robins
Notable Citizens / Famous Celebrities
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Famous Georgians
Conrad Aiken poet, Savannah
James Bowie soldier, Burke County
Jim Brown actor, athlete, St. Simons Island
Erskine Caldwell writer, Moreland
James E. Carter U.S. president, Plains
Ray Charles singer, Albany
Lucius D. Clay banker, general, Marietta
Ty Cobb baseball player, Narrows
Charles Coburn movie and TV actor, Macon
Ossie Davis actor, writer, Cogdell
James Dickey poet, Atlanta
Mattiwilda Dobbs soprano, Atlanta
Melvyn Douglas actor, Macon
Pete Drake musician/record producer, Augusta
Rebecca Latimer Felton first appointed woman U.S. senator, Decatur
Lawrence Fishburne III actor, Augusta
Henry W. Grady journalist, Athens
Amy Grant singer, Augusta
Oliver Hardy comedian, Harlem
Joel Chandler Harris journalist, author, Eatonton
Roland Hayes singer, Curyville
Fletcher Henderson musician/songwriter, Cuthbert
Hulk Hogan professional wrestler, Augusta
John Henry Doc Holliday western hero, Griffin
Larry Holmes boxer, Cuthert
Miriam Hopkins actress, Bainbridge
Harry James trumpeter, Albany
Jasper Johns painter, sculptor, Augusta
Bobby Jones golfer, Atlanta
Stacy Keach actor, Savannah
DeForest Kelley actor, Atlanta
Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights leader, Atlanta
Gladys Knight singer, Atlanta
Joseph R. Lamar jurist, Elbert
Brenda Lee singer, Lithonia
Juliette Gordon Low U.S. Girl Scouts founder, Savannah
Carson McCullers author, Columbus
Blind Willie McTell blues pioneer, Thomson
Johnny Mercer songwriter, Savannah
Margaret Mitchell author, Atlanta
John Robert Johnny Mize baseball player, Demorest
Jessye Norman singer, Augusta
Otis Redding singer, Dawson
Jerry Reed singer/songwriter/actor, Atlanta
Burt Reynolds actor, Waycross
Little Richard singer, Macon
Jackie Robinson baseball player, Cairo
Tommy Roe singer/songwriter, Alpharetta
Billy Joe Royal singer, Valdosta
Dean Rusk secretary of state, Cherokee Cty
Nipsey Russell comedian, Atlanta
Ray Stevens singer/songwriter, Clarksdale
Janelle Taylor romance novelist, Athens
Clarence Thomas supreme court associate justice, Savannah
Travis Tritt singer/songwriter, Marietta
Alice Walker author, Eatonton
Joanne Woodward actress, Thomasville
Trisha Yearwood singer, Monticello
(Source 50states.com)
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