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‘The Color Purple’ and ‘May December’ Filming Prove Georgia Has More to Offer Filmmakers Than Atlanta
Georgia cities Savannah, Augusta and Macon build production infrastructure to lure shoots beyond Atlanta.
Today, his professional life is centered around Savannah, a town on Georgia’s coast that is four hours from Atlanta and famous for historic homes on quiet streets lined with trees covered in Spanish moss. “We have a growing local crew base and an incredibly compliant and highly skilled student internship pool, which they love to take advantage of,” says Moffett, who travels back and forth between Georgia and the home he shares in L.A.’s Topanga Canyon with his wife, real estate agent Kristal Rogers. An hour and 45 minutes southwest of Atlanta, Columbus has sweetened the pot with its own local incentive, compensating producers for the extra money they have to spend on per diems, housing and transportation to bring their crew to the city.
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