Film Paterson.

New Jersey's most cinematic city.

NJ credit on cast & crew wages: 35%; NJ credit on cast & crew wages
In-state production spending (2024): $833M; In-state production spending (2024)
State for film-job growth: #2; State for film-job growth
Q1 2026 filming, while the US declined: +45%; Q1 2026 filming, while the US declined

A proven set

Productions that have filmed in and around Paterson

West Side Story (2021)/The Trial of the Chicago 7/The Plot Against America/Hunters/The Wrestler/The Irishman/The Wolf of Wall Street/A Complete Unknown/The Walking Dead: Dead City/Law & Order: SVU/Blue Bloods/The Sopranos/West Side Story (2021)/The Trial of the Chicago 7/The Plot Against America/Hunters/The Wrestler/The Irishman/The Wolf of Wall Street/A Complete Unknown/The Walking Dead: Dead City/Law & Order: SVU/Blue Bloods/The Sopranos/

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Why productions choose Paterson

The city sells itself on camera.

Proximity

Twenty minutes from Manhattan. The NYC crew base without NYC logistics.

Architecture

Beaux-arts downtown, Silk City mills and the Great Falls — a century of character in one city.

Incentives

New Jersey's transferable film tax credit, 35% on qualified cast and crew wages.

Filmology Labs

Forthcoming · Target 2028

The World's Largest Content Creation Studio Campus — coming to Paterson.

Planned for Paterson's historic mill district at 61 State St: a $250M+, 21-stage studio campus from E! co-founder Alan Mruvka, focused on vertical micro-dramas and AI-enabled content, with concierge services including permits, location scouting and crew referrals.

Stages are not yet open or bookable. Target opening 2028.

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Why New Jersey

Transferable

Tax credit that can be sold — real money for the production.

State for film-job growth.

$833M

In-state production spending in 2024.

2028

Major new studio inventory coming online through 2028.

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