Filming & Production in Georgia (2026)

Filming for TV, movies, or other media on county-owned property in Fayette County, including county rights-of-way…

Commercial filming on Fulton County property requires prior approval from the county manager, who has full discretion…

Marietta requires a permit before filming any commercial motion picture, TV show or photo shoot on public right-of-way…

Commercial motion picture, television and photo shoots need county notification plus a permit to use public property or…

Filming on any public property, or on private property or a residence that affects public property, requires a permit…

Any movie, television, video, commercial, music video, photo shoot or infomercial shoot on public property, or one…

Alpharetta's Unified Development Code lets the Community Development Director issue a temporary use permit for…

Anyone filming a motion picture, TV production, video or web video on public or private property in unincorporated…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, any filming on public property needs a film production permit from the Community…

Clayton County requires a film or still-photography permit from the Community Development office before shooting on…

Filming that impacts public property in unincorporated Cobb County requires a film permit from the county manager's…

DeKalb County's film ordinance defines commercial still photography as filming, so a photo shoot on public property…

Filming anywhere in unincorporated Hall County outside an established studio or enclosed building requires a film…

Commercial film, TV, and video shoots on Roswell public property need a media production permit from the city before…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, film, television, videography and web-based production on public or private property…

Any producer who wants to film in the City of Stonecrest, on public property or on private property where the shoot…

Atlanta's Chapter 46 filming permit only covers motion-picture production, so still photographers don't need a CAOE…

Atlanta filming permits require producers to comply with the citywide noise ordinance, which caps amplified sound and…

Clayton County confines residential-zone filming to weekdays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and holds every permitted production to…

DeKalb County treats film-production sound as a permit element, requiring producers to disclose it and comply with the…

Hall County requires a film permit from the business license office before anyone films outside an established studio…

Newton County sets no fixed decibel cap for film shoots, but every filming permit application must describe the type of…

South Fulton limits filming in residential neighborhoods to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard…

Media production activity in unincorporated Spalding County must occur between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., with prep and…

Bartow County bans full road or bridge closures for filming. At least one lane must stay open at all times, with…

A Clayton County filming permit that closes any street or lane triggers mandatory off-duty police and can be denied…

A Newton County filming application must detail any planned lane or road closures, detours and traffic control plans…

No street, road, alley or sidewalk in unincorporated Spalding County may be closed or obstructed for a media production…

Closing a street for filming requires a CAOE permit, review under the city's street-closure fee code, and at least 5…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, a residential film shoot with full or partial lane and street closures requires a…

A film or photo shoot that closes a DeKalb County street, lane or sidewalk needs a planning department filming permit…

Hall County has no separate street-closure permit for filming; instead, traffic and street impact are folded into the…

Marietta requires a Motion Picture, Television and Photographic Production permit before commercial filming closes any…

Roswell, Georgia allows temporary road closures for approved media production permits, but Code of Ordinances Section…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, a film production permit can be denied when traffic impacts, named to include street…

When a film shoot impairs traffic flow, Sec. 17-10008(f) lets South Fulton require the production to use city police…

In the City of Stonecrest, a filming permit application that asks to close a city street, lane or sidewalk is not…

Student filmmakers in Atlanta qualify for reduced filming-permit fees, but must appear in person at the Office of…

A student who applies for a City of Stonecrest filming permit must add extra proof to the standard application: a…

Clayton County exempts qualifying student films, shot in eight hours or less by currently enrolled students under an…

Cobb County lets students obtain film permits but requires a school certificate proving current, bona fide enrollment…

Student film productions in unincorporated Bartow County are exempt from the county's film production permit…

Student filming by a student or students duly enrolled in an educational institution is exempt from the film production…

Marietta exempts student filming entirely from its motion picture production permit chapter and also waives the daily…

Newton County exempts student filming from its motion picture, television and photographic production permit article…

Class-project productions filmed on Roswell public property by students are exempt from the city's media production and…