For information about becoming a Film Friendly Texas City, click here: https://gov.texas.gov/film/page/fftx_overview.
TEXAS FILM COMMISSION
The Texas Film Commission (TFC) was created in 1971 by Texas Governor Preston Smith, who found that it was, “in the social, economic and educational interest of Texas to encourage the development of the film-communication industry”. Since then, the TFC has expanded to include the television, commercial, video game, animation and visual effects industries.
Over the years, the TFC has been the link between industry professionals spread across the state, creating a community interested in expanding the local media environment. In 1972, the first edition of Film Texas magazine was published by the TFC to inform constituents about what was currently filming in Texas and its filmmakers. Today, the TFC offers a comprehensive website as the resource of Texas-specific information for local and worldwide filmmakers alike.
Film Friendly Texas
The Film Friendly Texas (FFTX) program provides ongoing training and guidance to help statewide communities effectively accommodate on-location filming and market their communities as filming destinations. Currently over 90 communities, representing various regions of Texas, are Film Friendly Certified with other municipalities currently completing the certification process.
Certified communities have attended a Film Friendly Texas training workshop, have submitted photo coverage of potential filming locations for inclusion in the Texas Film Commission location database and have passed filming guidelines approved by our office.
We encourage you to see all that our certified communities have to offer. Please contact our office or the representatives listed for additional information about filming in these communities.
