BC
IN MOTION
Growing a creative
economy that works
together
3D
FILM TV ANIMATION VISUAL
EFFECTS
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feature films / television series / pilots / movies of the week
digital features / documentaries
/ factual entertainment
web series / commercials and more
Provincial film commission at Creative BC,
8 regional film
commissions, 33 municipal film offices, industry associations,
labour unions, guilds, non-union, government, communities,
economic and business organizations
BC has had 40 years of growth,
from 4 productions in 1978 to
280 productions in 2016.
Metro Vancouver is now North America's
3
rd
largest motion picture hub, next to LA
and New York, with $2B+ direct spend
annual economic contribution.
BC is the world's #1 largest visual
effects cluster.
Big brands doing business in BC: 20th Century
Fox, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Universal Pictures,
Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Imageworks,
Walt Disney Pictures, Dreamworks, Netflix,
Warner Bros. Canada, Amazon.
OUR MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
cast, crew and spin-off jobs
in physical production
simultaneous productions capacity
relevant educational
institutions
42,000
50+
domestic film + TV producers
90
square feet of stage space
VFX and animation studios
60+
2.75MM
16
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