'It all boils down to having stories told. Television and film are such powerful mediums,' says Tammy Williams, who just broke ground on a $135 million studio construction project in Fayetteville, Georgia
and, began her career at news stations in Tennessee and Louisiana producing awards shows, commercials and telethons. In 2003, she started as a freelance producer out of her garage, where she put up a greenscreen and shot, an educational kids series. She plans to open Cinema South in 2023; it will include her production company, Tammy’Dele Films, as well as its job training and educational division, Tammy’Dele Films Workshops, a certificate program that has graduated more than 2,500 students.
“It all boils down to having stories told. TV and film are such powerful mediums. Sometimes, they shape the way society thinks and where culture is, helping to bring understanding,” says Williams, who has been based in Georgia since 1998, seeing the area transform into a major production hub.Courtesy of Cinema South Studios
Gary Guidry, an investor and CEO of G-Squared Events and Black Promoters Collective, partnered with Williams on the project. “The demand for soundstages is happening globally, and the ownership rarely looks like us, let alone an African-American woman,” Guidry said. “Investing in Tammy Williams and her team convinced me that buying the land in Fayetteville was a sound decision with the talents of her at the helm.
Georgia enjoys a booming productions landscape thanks to boasting the country’s most generous film and TV tax incentive program. In 2021, it gave out $1.2 billion in such credits for a return on $4 billion in spending from the industry.
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