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2001
Branded as studios "built for
producers by producers," the
Canadian Motion Picture
Park was born out of neces-
sity, when owner and former
producer Alec Fatalevich ran into
difficult times financially as a
producer. The studio's big break
came with the production of I,
Robot, Fatalevich says. "That
movie gave us an incredible push
with credibility… after that, we
figured we did something right,
said, 'Let's look at the bigger
picture,' and I moved from being
a producer to a developer."
(Burnaby Now)
FACILITIES: 11 stages from 5,500
to 36,000 square feet
CREDITS: Godzilla, Mission:
Impossible – Ghost Protocol and
I, Robot (above)
2001
Mammoth Studios, also
owned by Bosa Development,
is home to one of the largest
stages in the Lower Mainland,
at 123,000 square feet. It's able
to house an entire street scene
and a replica of the Smithson-
ian Museum of Natural History.
FACILITIES: Three stages from
37,000 to 123,000 square feet
CREDITS: X-Men, The Revenant
(above) and Night at the
Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2015
Formerly concentrated near
Vancouver, film production
facilities now extend as far as
the Ridge Studios in Maple
Ridge. Owner and manager
John Wittmayer says the three
studios are popular among
lower-budget television shows
and movies broadcast on the
Hallmark Channel, UPtv and
the Lifetime channel. Produc-
tions in Maple Ridge receive an
additional six per cent regional
tax incentive for Canadian and
foreign productions on top of
the province's 28 per cent tax
credit.
FACILITIES: Two studios
from 21,000 to
25,000 square
feet
CREDITS:
Radio Hype,
Welcome
Home and Fam-
ily for Christmas
(right)
2016
Crews looking to film in Metro
Vancouver studios will have
one more option to consider
with the recent opening of
Surrey's Skydance Studios,
owned by parent company
Skydance Media. The studio
is expected to create 400 jobs
and contribute $100 million to
the nearby economy.
FACILITIES: Five stages from
2,600 to 22,000 square feet
CREDITS: Altered Carbon
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$1,070
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$1,316
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$1,189
$1,216
Production dollars spent in B.C. Number of productions
1,400
$1,600
Dollars and Scenes: B.C.'s Film Business by the Numbers
$
millions
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