The Nevada Film Office is a
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
state agency
A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government
The machinery of government (sometimes abbreviated as MoG) is the interconnected structures and proc ...
that promotes Nevada as a location of choice for
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
, entertainment, television, and multimedia production.
The agency also maintains several open directories for film locations and production crews in Nevada, and offers services to connect with resources that production companies need while filming in Nevada. Since 2014, it also administers several
tax credit
A tax credit is a tax incentive which allows certain taxpayers to subtract the amount of the credit they have accrued from the total they owe the state. It may also be a credit granted in recognition of taxes already paid or a form of state "disc ...
incentives for companies that film in Nevada.
The current director of the Nevada Film Office is Eric Preiss.
The Nevada Film Office is part of the Nevada Office of Economic Development and is headquartered in
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
, Nevada.
History
Originally, the Nevada Film Office was known as the Division of Motion Pictures, and was established in 1983 as part of the commission on economic development (now known as the Office of Economic Development), where it has remained ever since. Although it is known as the Nevada Film Office in the media, most legal documents still uses the Division of Motion Pictures to refer to the agency.
[{{Cite web, title=NRS: CHAPTER 231 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, url=https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-231.html, access-date=2021-08-01, website=www.leg.state.nv.us]
See also
*
Film commission
Film commissions are quasi-governmental, non-profit, public organizations that attract motion media production crews (including movies, television, and commercials) to shoot on location in their respective localities, and offer support so that p ...
*
Film industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post ...
*
Movie production incentives in the United States
Movie production incentives are tax benefits offered on a state-by-state basis throughout the United States to encourage in-state film production. Since the 1990s, states have offered increasingly competitive incentives to lure productions away f ...
*
List of Nevada State agencies
The following is a list of the U.S. state of Nevada's state agencies.
Executive branch Constitutional entities / officers
*Attorney General
**Bureau of Consumer Protection (Consumer's Advocate)
**Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance
**Frau ...
*
List of films shot in Las Vegas
This is an incomplete list of films shot in the Las Vegas Valley in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Films
See also
* List of films set in Las Vegas
* Cinema of the United States
* Cinema of the world
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Films s ...
References
External links Official website
State agencies of Nevada
Film organizations in the United States