Welcome to the Official Site of The Greater Cleveland Film Commission
The Greater Cleveland Film Commission is designed to help facilitate the ongoing promotion and production of film, television and other related media within North East Ohio. Established in 1998, our film commission has helped the local community serve as host to such feature films as Spider Man 3 (Sony, 2007), Against the Ropes (Cort/Madden Productions, 2004), American Splendor (Good Machine, 2003) and Antwone Fisher (Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002). Starting in early 2008, the city of Cleveland will also play host to the feature film The Soloist (DreamWorks S.KG., 2009) from golden globe nominated director, Joe Wright.
North East Ohio is the ideal location to shoot your film or television production. We offer a vast arrangement of sprawling, period designed city environments within immediate proximity to Lake Erie, scenic, rural, park and river surroundings, and we offer four, true, distinct and diverse weather seasons.
The Greater Cleveland Film Commission will ensure that your production has a fantastic filming experience in our region. In addition to providing fee-free use of our 375,000 sq. foot Convention Center, and flying in key-decision makers for pre-scouting and planning phases for qualifying productions, we offer helpful and friendly cooperation from the City, County, and State Government, and highly skilled local crew and vendors. Whether you need a busy city street closed on a work-day, or hotel and travel accommodations for your crew, our Film Commission is staffed with seasoned Los Angeles film veterans that know what is expected. Let the Greater Cleveland Film Commission help to provide you with the best quality film production experience available.
2000's
The Soloist
Spider Man 3, Sony Pictures
Christmas At Maxwell's, Laufer Film
The Oh in Ohio, Ambush Entertainment
Deep Attack, Silver Pictures
Against The Ropes, Paramount Pictures
Miracle Dogs, TAG Entertainment
American Splendor, HBO Films / Good Machine
Antwone Fisher, Fox Searchlight
Welcome To Collinwood, Warner Bros. / Good Machine
The Year That Trembled, Novel City Pictures
Proximity, Silver Pictures
Turn Of Faith, Boom Boom Productions
Nightowls On Coventry, Independent
1990's
Journey of Man, Sony Pictures Classics
Renegade Force, HBO / Triple Peak Productions, Inc.
Edge Of Seventeen, Luna Pictures
Air Force One, Columbia Tri-Star Pictures
The Dead Matter, Independent
Pieces, Russo Productions
The Rain Maker, Paramount Pictures
Telling Lies In America, Ben Myron Productions
House Arrest, Rysher Entertainment
Flattered, Silent H Films
Anywhere But Here, Every Footstep Films
Double Dragon, Imperial Entertainment
My Summer Story, MGM Productions
The Shawshank Redemption, Castle Rock Pictures
Chester & Irene, Chester & Irene Productions
Shooting Star, Whitely Productions
Slaughter Of The Innocents, Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
Men In Black, Fallout Shelter Productions
Noises Off, Disney / Amblin Productions
Paradise, Buena Vista Pictures
Diary Of A Hit Man, Continental Film Group
1980's
An Innocent Man, Touchstone Pictures
Major League, Paramount Pictures
Tango and Cash, Warner Bros.
Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael
An Unremarkable Life, Continental Film Group
Big Business, Touchstone Pictures
Light Of Day, Taft Entertainment
Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Paramount Pictures
Tiger Warsaw, Continental Film Group
Stranger Than Paradise, Samual Goldwin Company
A Christmas Story, MGM / UA
All The Marbles, MGM / UA
The Escape Artist, Zoetrope
1970's
One Trick Pony, Warner Bros.
The second Degree, Aselin Organization
Those Eyes, Those Lips, United Artists
The Instructor, American Eagle Productions
The Deer Hunter, EMI / Universal
Harry & Walter Go To New York, Columbia Pictures
In addition to the things most film offices do -- free locations scouting, directories, permitting assistance and the like -- the Greater Cleveland Film Commission works to cut costs for producers and go above and beyond to provide an excellent environment for filming.
Free flights, hotel and ground transportation. FREE of Charge during Development and scouting phases, for productions of scale, the Greater Cleveland Film Commission will
-Fly decision makers to Cleveland
-Provide free lodging at the Ritz Carlton Cleveland
-Provide free ground transportation *(free tours are generally for up to four key decision makers and at the discretion of the Film Commission)
-Destination Cleveland - Sales Tax Rebate
Productions may apply through the Film Commission for a 50% rebate against the Cuyahoga County Sales Tax. Qualifying productions must be spending new dollars in the area, and the offer stands as long as County funds are current.
Made In Cleveland Discount Card and Personal Production Shopper
Cleveland's Council of Smaller Enterprises and the Greater Cleveland Film Commission offer a production discount program with participating vendors and a Personal Shopper to work with production staff on large scale productions. The motion picture Personal Shopper works with Production staff to serve as a One Stop Shop for finding the best deals in purchasing all needed goods and services.
One Stop Hotel Bidding: The Film Commission and its partners will, on request, out a single unified request for bids to all area hotels.
One Stop Shop - Not Only for Governmental Agencies, but for many private properties as well. The Greater Cleveland Film Commission is not only a central point for permitting and assistance with Federal, state, regional and local governmental agencies - we also have close relationships with many property owners in downtown Cleveland that can assist producers in location control.
The northern Ohio area has an active independent filmmaking community comprising of indigenous and out-of-town filmmakers. We are supportive of independent filmmaking and can assist you in a variety of ways.
Locations
If you are interested in learning about what locations we have, please call us at 888-746-FILM.
Permits
Most permits have a nominal fee. For example, the City of Cleveland charges $10 for a permit per street for the duration of your shoot. Permits are required for obstructing the public right-of-way. Please contact our office if you require a permit for northern Ohio.
Crew and Vendors
Our website includes listings of crew and vendors in the region. We also keep on file resumes of those individuals who are interested in getting involved in film but do not have enough credits to list on our site. If you are interested in viewing this list, please contact us at 888.746.FILM.
Our organization does not list actors. Casting calls may be posted on our website from time to time, so please check our site under job postings. If you are interested in learning more about acting there are a variety of resources in town to contact.
AFTRA Office
(216) 781-2255
Cleveland Playhouse - offers classes and workshops
(216) 795-7000
www.clevelandplayouse.com
Neohiopal Site - Performing Arts Email list
http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/neohiopal
Karamu House - offers classes
(216) 795-7070
info@karamu.com
Talent Agencies:
CAM Talent Agency, Inc
(614) 448-1122
D'Avila Model & Talent Management
(440) 843-7200
Docherty Agency
(216) 522-1300
Heyman Talent Agency
(614) 542-0882
Le Modeln, Inc.
(330) 758-4417
The Talent Group
(216) 622-8011
Contact: Brian Bowers and Doug Snyder
We encourage you to list with us on our website, and to keep your resume on file at our office. Many times, UPM's or line producers request resumes of the crew base in town. We require three industry credits in each position you would like to be listed under. We require one industry credit to be listed as a production assistant. Keep your information up to date with us. We have crew mixers four times a year to keep people connected and we encourage you to call us if you have any questions. Please email you resume to sdering@clevelandfilm.com or call us at 216-623-3910.
Please list your business with us if you are interested in working with the production industry. To see a sample listing go to vendor services on our site. There is no cost to list with our organization and we encourage you to keep us updated on any new products or services you are able to offer. Email your information to sdering@clevelandfilm.com or
call us at 216-623-3910.
We encourage you to network if you are interested in getting involved in the film industry. You can contact us to set up an informational interview. Call established crew members to do informational interviews and keep your resume on file with us. Contact us at 216-623-3910.
There are over 300 film commissions in the world today and governments, business leaders, and communities are creating new commissions every year with the increasing globalization of the film industry. From the Iowa Film Office to the Malta Film Commission, communities are realizing how lucrative filming can be for their home. The domestic market alone is $41 billion a year at an annual growth rate of 9.5%.
We work to market the area as a filming location because productions spend money, create jobs, and raise the profile of an area by showing images on the big and small screens that can promote tourism, and bring attention to our region.
Imagine if you were sent somewhere with nothing but your suitcase to run a business. You would need an office, someplace to sleep, food, supplies, and labor. Film and television productions need the same things.
Producers spend money on the following:
Crew payroll
Office rental
Office supplies and equipment
Hotel nights
Apartment rentals
Furniture rentals
Food
Rental Cars
These are just a few of the things they need before they even start production on the movie. It takes many men and women to produce just one minute of film. People need to carry the lights and cables, copy scripts, arrange travel for the talent, sew costumes, make alterations, build sets, cook food, and much more.
Producers spend money on the following to create the product: