Formed in January, a new private-sector group, Connecticut Production Coalition’s (CPC), supports the state tax incentive and wants to continue to build the "film, television and digital media sector" industry.In two years, according to a CPC news release, "91 film, TV and digital media productions have brought more than $600 million in direct investment to Connecticut, resulting in an estimated $1.5 billion in new economic activity . . . some 80,000 hotel rooms, permits, rented homes, buildings and parking lots from property owners; spending at hardware stores, printing shops, coffee shops, restaurants, dry cleaners, lumber yards, car rental agencies and many other community businesses."
The tax credit helped attract Blue Sky Studios (digital animation and creators of the movie Ice Age) to move to Greenwich, bringing along more than 300 jobs. Films shot in Connecticut include Revolutionary Road and Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
For an independent network for the industry see New England Film at www.newenglandfilm.com.
