Baltimore Film Office

Your Story Starts in Baltimore City

The Baltimore Film Office supports and promotes film, television, and media production in our city, helping filmmakers bring their stories to life while showcasing Baltimore's unique character and creativity.

About the Baltimore Film Office

The Baltimore Film Office serves as the city's one-stop shop for film and media production. We help producers navigate permits, connect with local talent, and capture the authentic look and feel of Baltimore City's neighborhoods.

Our Mission

To attract and support film and media projects that create jobs, boost local businesses, and highlight Baltimore City's stories on screen. We aim to make Baltimore a film friendly city.

Our Role

• Support the issuing of film permits for productions in the city
• Coordinate with city agencies to ensure safe, efficient film shoots
• Promote Baltimore City's creative and technical talent
• Serves as the liaison between the film industry and local communities

Partners

IATSE Local 487 is the multi-talented, award-winning crew members that help make movies, commercials, and television shows possible. Local 487 proudly represents the technicians, artisans, and craftspeople in the Mid-Atlantic region since 1990.

Screenwriting and Animation (SWAN) is Morgan's cinematic arts and sciences major and the most technology immersive program in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA). Much more than just a film major, SWAN lays the groundwork for evolving artists, filmmakers, and content producers to forge career paths in entertainment, education, science, and business at a time when visual storytelling is the dominant narrative form of the 21st Century.