Palm Beach County Film and TV Commission to have new director

Palm Beach front County’s film and tv sector, which has introduced in more than $1 billion in neighborhood revenue more than the past 5 a long time, will before long have a new director main the way.

Chuck Elderd, who has served as Palm Beach front County’s film and tv commissioner considering that 1989, is stepping down in August soon after far more than than 30 several years with the county. Deputy Commissioner Michelle Hillery is slated to be successful Elderd atop the section.

The Palm Beach County Movie and Tv Commission is liable for assisting catch the attention of movie generation to the spot, such as videos, Television, songs video clips and commercials.

Previous 12 months, there were being 64 Television exhibits, 36 commercials, 10 songs videos and five films filmed in Palm Beach front County, serving to draw in extra than $203 million in neighborhood revenue.

Hillery, who’s invested the earlier 26 many years as deputy commissioner, been given preliminary approval on Wednesday from Palm Seaside County’s Movie and Tv Board of Administrators to become the new commissioner. The board elected not to open the position up to outside the house candidates. Hillery’s prospective wage nonetheless has not been finalized.

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Hillery would even now will need last approval prior to the determination is finalized.

In addition, the board preliminarily authorized providing Elderd a one particular-12 months consulting deal with the commission that would spend him $24,000.

Prior to the pandemic, Palm Beach front County generated more than $238 million in 2019, marking a solitary-12 months most effective.

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Some assignments by means of the a long time incorporate “Baywatch” in 2017, which experienced scenes shot in Boca Raton, as very well as other sections of South Florida. Other movies that had parts of their videos filmed in Palm Seaside County incorporate “Bad Boys II” and “Donnie Brasco.”

The fee also can help oversee its own Television set channel, The Palm Shorelines Tv set, which is made use of as a tourism channel, highlighting “all of the thrilling, loved ones-pleasant, iconic and tiny-acknowledged offerings.”