Variety discusses New York's successful attempts to revitalize it's film and television production industry. While Alberta isn't mentioned directly, Canada is:
While indelible images of Gotham [New York] have been an integral part of some of the most iconic films ever made, by the late '90s the all-important Manhattan backdrop that played a supporting role in films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's, Annie Hall and Taxi Driver had been upstaged by simple economics.You can read the full article at the link above.
"Canada got very aggressive with tax credits in 1999, and that's when the city started feeling it," says commissioner Katherine Oliver, who was appointed in August 2002 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
"One of the first things I had to deal with was a movie about Rudy Giuliani starring James Woods that was being made in Montreal," Oliver says. "The producers told me they hadn't even budgeted for New York. There was the perception that New York wasn't film-friendly. The 'hassle factor' kept people away."
Under Oliver's leadership, an office that had until that point been using typewriters and processing permits by hand became an advocacy center for film and filmmakers.
In short order, everything was computerized, and a major outreach campaign was launched to studios to trumpet the city's free permits, locations, parking and police details.
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