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Lights. Athens is known as the birthplace of legendary

music. Now, add film and television production.
The 110-acre Athena Studios is the first major
Camera. television and film production studio to open

in Athens, and once completed, is expected
to generate upward of 1,000 production-
Athens! based and creative jobs annually, including
lighting, props, set design and construction,
videographers, writers, producers, sound
technicians, set electricians, and others.

A film ecosystem is growing Athena Studios is designed for both commercial

in Athens with the opening and educational purposes and will serve as
a site for filming, pre- and post-production.
of Athena Studios. Generally, movie pre-production is done in
Hollywood. The footage is filmed in Georgia
by Lydia Cobb and sent back to Hollywood for post-production.
Now, multiple phases of the production process
will stay in Georgia, along with the economic
benefits that brings.

Athena Studios
By the Numbers

• 110-acre campus includes
room for expansion and
outdoor sets
• 4 soundstages with state-
of-the-art silent air now
available in Phase I
• 1,000+ Athens jobs
created annually

• 800,000 square feet of
purpose-built space for
TV and film production
once Athena Studios is
fully developed

“Athena Studios is a significant step in expanding our
film industry’s ecosystem to every part of Georgia.”

– Lee Thomas, Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Film,
Music & Digital Entertainment Office

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