Signature Luncheon
Date and Time
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Fees/Admission
Members - $40
Non-Members - $55
Table of 8 (Members Only) - $320
Registration Sponsorship (Max:1) - $500
Presenting Sponsorship (Max:2) - $1,500
Registration is required to attend.
Registration closes on Friday, August 11th at 5:00 p.m. or when the attendance limit is met.
No refunds will be given for no-shows or cancellations. No transferring of ticket to another event. No late registrations will be permitted once registration has closed & no walk-ins allowed.
SPONSORSHIPS: Series Sponsorships are available, please contact Lena Liebrecht for more information.
PRE-REGISTRATION: Required, walk-ins will not be accepted. No refunds will be given for cancellations or no-shows.
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Description
Lee Thomas
Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Film Office
Lee Thomas is the Deputy Commissioner of the Georgia Film Office, a division of the Georgia
Department of Economic Development, responsible for developing the state’s film, television, and
commercial production industries through marketing, scouting, and coordinating the filming needs of
companies with other state agencies, local governments, and residents. The Office is responsible for
developing the industry’s infrastructure and workforce, certifying projects under the Georgia
Entertainment Industry Investment Act, and engaging municipalities throughout Georgia through the
Camera Ready program.
A native Atlantan, Lee attended the Tisch School of the Arts Doctoral Program in Cinema Studies at New
York University and worked at the Brooklyn Arts Council before returning to Georgia as a in 1996 to
work for the Georgia Film and Videotape Office as a project manager.
Lee has worked with hundreds of Georgia-lensed films and TV, including “Ozark,” “Wakanda Forever,”
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” “Lovecraft Country,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and “Midnight
in the Garden of Good and Evil.”
Lee graduated from Marist School before earning her undergraduate degree in radio, TV and film at the
University of Georgia’s Grady College and master’s degree in film studies from Georgia State University.
Lee splits her time between her home in Atlanta and on Lake Seed and enjoys tennis when she’s not
watching Georgia-lensed productions
Topics of Discussion:
- Growth of the Film Industry and the factors that contributed to it
- Film Infrastructure and Education
- What makes Georgia a great place to film
- The climate of production now
- The writers strike and potential SAG strike
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