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Chicago’s TV and Film Sector is Ready for Its Close-up
Chicago enjoyed another growth year for film, television and media production in 2019. According to data from the Illinois Film Office, which awards a 30% tax credit to qualified productions, filming in 2019 made an estimated economic impact of nearly $560 million in job creation and local expenditures in the region, an 18% annual increase.
“Illinois’ film industry is booming, adding millions of dollars and thousands of quality jobs into the state’s economy each year,” said Peter Hawley, director of the Chicago-based Illinois Film Office.
Gov. JB Pritzker in 2019 renewed the Illinois Film Production Tax Credit Act, originally passed in 2008 and offering a tax credit for qualified production spending and labor expenditures.
The Chicago Film Office permitted 522 projects in 2019 and now ranks first in the Midwest region for production, third in the country for commercial advertising production and in the top six nationally for overall production.
Photo courtesy of Illinois Film Office.
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