There's a great history of filmmaking in Monterey County, and a wealth of film locations for features, commercials, TV projects, and advertising shoots.

The Monterey County Film Commission is a non-profit organization, which promotes our area’s locations, crew and businesses to the film industry, making it easy for filmmakers to take their projects from start to finish here.

We also hold local events and fundraisers, such as movie screenings, film lectures, the Monterey Screenplay Competition, the Big Night (celebrating the Academy Awards®), and more. And our "Friends of the Film Commission" support organization keeps members in-the-know on film projects and film commission events.

Created by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in 1987, the Monterey County Film Commission works to increase economic development through the film industry, and also to support locals through employment and education related to the film industry.  Each year an average of $4 million comes to our area from film production.

The Monterey County Film Commission welcomes film productions on location.  Few locations in the world can match the natural beauty and diversity of Monterey County. We look forward to assisting both film productions and local residents to ensure that things run smoothly.