Louisiana
Rate
25% base + bonuses up to 40%
Credit Type
Transferable; state buyback at 88% net
Min. Spend
$300K qualified Louisiana spend
Cap
$125M/year through 2031
Project Cap
No per-project cap (Act 44, 2025)
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What Films Were Shot in Louisiana?
Louisiana has attracted major film and television productions with its 25% base + bonuses up to 40% transferable; state buyback at 88% net. Notable productions filmed in Louisiana include Now You See Me Now You Don't, 21 Jump Street, 12 Strong, The Interview, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, and 7 more.
Office of Entertainment Industry Development (formerly the Governor's Office of Film and Television Development; restructured July 1, 2025 under Act 44 / SB 232) Established: 1992 (substantially enhanced 2002; major revision 2025) Louisiana is the pioneer of the modern state film incentive model, having launched its program in 1992 and dramatically expanded it in 2002. The ranking alongside California and New York. Over more than two decades,
Incentive Rates
- + 10% Louisiana screenplay bonus, original screenplay written
- by a Louisiana resident
- + 5% Out-of-zone bonus, filming outside the New Orleans
- Metro Statistical Area
- + 15% Louisiana resident payroll bonus, on wages paid to
- Louisiana residents (per-person cap: $3 million)
- + 5% Visual effects (VFX) bonus, when at least 50% of the
- VFX budget is expended for services performed in
- Louisiana by an approved Qualified Entertainment
- Company (QEC), OR a minimum of $1 million in qualified
Eligibility
- Minimum Spend (Standard productions): $300,000 in-state
- Minimum Spend (Louisiana screenplay projects): $50,000 in-state
- Eligible Production Types:
- Feature films (theatrical and streaming)
- Television pilots, series, and movies
- Animated features and short films
- Web series / webisodes
- Documentaries
Key Filming Locations in Louisiana
- New Orleans (Metro Area):
- French Quarter, historic architecture, Bourbon Street, Royal
- Street, Jackson Square; used in hundreds of productions
- Garden District, antebellum mansions; Benjamin Button,
- Anne Rice adaptations
- City Park, 1,300-acre urban park; Now You See Me, Benjamin
- Button, various TV productions
- New Orleans East / NASA Michoud (Big Easy Studios), massive
Last updated April 14, 2026
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Office of Entertainment Industry Development led.la.gov Street Address:
Phone: 225.342.5403
Address: 617 North Third Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5239
