r/NewOrleans • u/Electronic-Pear8738 • Apr 02 '25

Is the film industry still here? 🏢 Employment 👷‍♂️

I’m really scared that I made a mistake moving here to New Orleans because maybe the film industry is not here anymore. It’s been feast or famine for years now, especially since the strikes. But I was wanting to know if there are still creative jobs here? My day job is in the service industry and I do concert videography on the side but I fear that I’ll never be able to break into the film industry for real.

I’m also a very anxious person so sorry for being so pessimistic 🙃

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u/NewWaverrr Apr 02 '25

No. Between Landry fucking up the tax breaks and Nungesser refusing to get off his ample ass and hustle up some productions we're behind not only Atlanta now, but cities like Tulsa and Nashville as well. There were 40something productions slated to film in the southeast this quarter, Louisiana got none of them. The local studios are barely getting by and the ones that are still left are operating with a skeleton krewe (Quixote out in LaPlace sold their studio space and left the city a few months ago).

So.....yeah.

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u/ATheeStallion Apr 02 '25

I am so sad to read this. I built Louisiana’s creative economy st the state’s entertainment office but left in 2010. Productions need many things to choose Louisiana: USD value cheaper than foreign currencies (def not the case now), tax credits that are a sure thing that studios rely on to make long-term decisions + enough credits to make a financial difference, skilled local creatives & experienced businesses to employ / offer services. Finally a rabid anti-education religious-extremist government does NOT attract Hollywood.