Entertainment industry veteran Tammy Williams is launching Cinema South Studios. This multi-million-dollar film production facility will be in Fayetteville, Georgia, just a few miles from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.
In Georgia, her new studio will be the first one a Black woman owns.
Williams has written and produced hundreds of films and television shows over her 25-year career in the entertainment business. She is now assuming a new position as the majority-Black female production company owner.
“We have shown patience. This goal for us has not come about suddenly, the woman told the AJC, adding that she has been yearning to construct her own studio space for the past 12 years.
Williams also disclosed that the $135 million facility is being built with businessman Gary Guidry. The 60-acre complex would include up to 11 soundstages, a back lot, a prop house, a wardrobe rental facility, a lighting grip rental house, a transportation company, and an office building with a theatre and post-production facilities.
The demand for soundstages is happening globally, and the ownership rarely looks like us, let alone an African American woman,” Guidry said. “When I choose to invest, I evaluate the business needs and ownership. Investing in Tammy Williams and her team of professionals convinced me that buying the land in Fayetteville, GA, was a sound decision with her talents at the helm.”
In addition, the building will house Tammy’Dele Films, a production firm run by Williams, and the Cinema South Film Academy, which will both hold education and employment training seminars.
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