Well, lookie there, I am all dressed up (though I think I had jeans on below the frame). Thanks to my friend Chuck Cherney for taking this. On May 1, 2019 I became the director of the Illinois Film Office. I oversee the $500 million and growing Illinois Film Business. It’s been a great six months, and we must be doing something right because productions keep coming to Illinois, and we are taking shows from Georgia.
My office really oversees the Illinois Film Tax Credit Incentive- in short %30 on your Illinois spend on productions. Projects 30-minutes and shorter must spend $50,000. 30-Minutes and longer must have a $100,000 minimum spend. This is why Illinois gets so many TV series, and I think it is a haven for Independent Filmmakers.
We are getting some good press, like this cover story in New City Magazine, and this piece on WTTW CH. 11
So come back and see what happens in 2020.
PeterH
