59 PROJECTS = 542 JOBS AND 205 FILMING DAYS
The Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission hopes you'll have a rewarding holiday season. We're pleased to share with you how we've been doing over the last 18 months. The Film Commission office has recruited and/or assisted projects that left a direct spend in the local economy of $1,012,825 during fiscal year 2011-2012 (that ended in June). During that time, there were 542 jobs that happened during 205 filming days.
Among the 59 total projects were the feature films My Mother's Curse aka The Guilt Trip (Paramount Pictures), along with the independent features Being Awesome, Only Child and Tennessee Queer.
There were numerous episodic TV shows shot in Memphis/Shelby County with Film Commission assistance, including "Restaurant Impossible," "What Not to Wear" and "Maximum Warrior."
The area hosted several commercials, including ones for Swedish BBQ Sauce, Xfinity, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee and Bosco's.
There were several web-based projects, including MTV's "Online Music Awards," and a number of music videos, including one for country singer Pam Tillis. The Film Commission also helped with several documentaries and short films such as John Michael McCarthy's Tupelove.
In addition, the Film Commission assisted with still photography shoots and several corporate/promotional videos.
The year proved to be a sound investment. For that time period, MemphisED allocated $127,215 to the Film Commission and earned a return of $7.96 for every $1. The City of Memphis and Shelby County Government each gave $150,000 to the Film Commission and the return for each governmental body was $6.75 for every $1.
Meanwhile, the projects are continuing to come in and the Film Commission is right there making things run smoothly.
Just some of the projects so far in the 2012-2013 fiscal year include commercials for Trustmark Bank, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Panda Express, the Fire Museum of Memphis, Homer Skelton Ford and Medtronic.
TV series that have come include "House Crashers," "House Hunters," "I Killed My BFF," "Pit Bulls and Parolees" and "Rock Raiders." Also, "Today Show Australia" was here to shoot a segment at Graceland.
Pilots shot here include "I Am Soul" and "Chuck's Eat the Street." Also, the music group Lucero has done both a music video and a documentary.
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