[City of Santa Clarita, Jan. 20, 2017] — Santa Clarita Studios, an independent full-service studio, is the most recent business to be featured in the City of Santa Clarita's Economic Development video, Santa Clarita Business Minute.

Santa Clarita's varied topography, over 20 sound stages, over 10 movie ranches and thousands of film-friendly locations, combined with the City's location within the "30-Mile Zone," make it one of the most filmed areas in California. The City of Santa Clarita is committed to creating an environment that allows the film industry to thrive and be successful. The City's Film Office is dedicated to making filming in Santa Clarita as affordable, convenient and enjoyable as possible for production, while balancing the needs of the community's residents and businesses.

In the latest edition of the Santa Clarita Business Minute, learn more about Santa Clarita Studios, a local studio offering a comprehensive package of products and services to meet all production needs. Countless productions have based and filmed at Santa Clarita Studios over the years, including Netflix's soon-to-be-released "Santa Clarita Diet," airing on February 3 and "Atypical." In addition, TBS' "The Guest Book," Freeform's "Stitchers" and "Switched at Birth," ABC's "Mistresses," FX's "Justified," and "The Riches," CBS' "CSI" and "The Unit," HBO's "Deadwood," TNT's "Franklin & Bash," and Fox's "Melrose Place" have all filmed at the studio. Movies like A Wrinkle in Time, Magic Camp, Fast & Furious, Bobby, True Lies and Planet of the Apes have also utilized the studio for filming.

In the video, Santa Clarita Studios executives discuss the City of Santa Clarita's film-friendly and business-friendly approach to filming in Santa Clarita.

"There are so many things we wouldn't be able to get done, if it wasn't for the responsive team in the City, if it wasn't for how film-friendly Santa Clarita is as a City," said Richard Deutsch, Vice President of Santa Clarita Studios. "Everyone from the Mayor's Office, to L.A. County Fire, to the Film Office, to the Economic Development group, they're all there for us. I think we're not the only industry that would say that. You really have their support as a business here in Santa Clarita."

The Santa Clarita Business Minute is a video campaign designed to spotlight successful local companies. Santa Clarita Studios is one of more than 6,000 diverse global, national and regional companies that call Santa Clarita home.