Jason Waggenspack: Building The Ranch

About this episode

Jason Waggenspack discusses the current state of the Louisiana film industry and the impact of recent strikes and the streaming boom.

Want to connect with Tj & Plaideau? Send us a text message. Production in Louisiana doesn’t just rise and fall with headlines, it follows incentives, infrastructure, and cold budget math. We talk with Jason Waggenspack, founder and CEO of Ranch Film Studios in Chalmette and president of Film Louisiana, about what he’s seeing on the ground right now and why the industry still feels “slow” even after the strikes ended. Jason breaks down how the streaming boom after COVID created a producti...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tj Sebastian, Brian Plaideau

Guest: Jason Waggenspack

Topics covered

• film production
• Louisiana film industry
• streaming boom
• film incentives
• interview

Keywords

• Louisiana
• film production
• streaming
• Ranch Film Studios
• Film Louisiana
• interview
• incentives
• budget

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ranch Film Studios, Film Louisiana

Places: Louisiana, Chalmette

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