You have just found the key to filming in Colorado!

This is your first stop to just about everything you will need to find a location to film in Colorado.

You are just one click away from the most up to date information available on Colorado including our Searchable Location Library, Colorado's Film Incentives, our Location Inquiry Form, Colorado's Location Managers and Scouts, the Colorado Production Resource Guide. You will also find information on our over 100 Community Contacts, information on the Permits and Regulations needed for filming in Colorado and in our many state and national parks, Getting To and Around Colorado, plus up to the minute Current Weather and latest Road Conditions.

As the oldest State Film Commission in the United States, the Colorado Film Commission has been working with the film industry for many years and we have designed these pages to address the wide variety of requests that come from the production community.

Searchable Location Database

Colorado contains vast prairies and corn fields and sunflower crops, sand dunes and sagebrush, great rock monoliths, deep shadowy canyons, above-treeline tundra, big white water, orchards and vineyards, amazing architecture from cliff dwellings to skycrapers to the best period towns around, high tech and low tech and no tech at all, superhighways and world-class resorts, railroads, dirt roads, straight roads and switchbacks sweeping through majestic purple peaks. When it comes to locations, it’s easier to remember what Colorado doesn’t have.

To help you pick the perfect place, we invite you to use our Searchable Locations Database. There are also more than 100 local Community Contacts that are available to assist you in your location search. Also make sure to check out Colorado Locations Managers & Scouts listings online.

Colorado Film Incentives

We all know the cost of making a film or television show continues to rise every year and that incentives are one way for a state to remain competitive and to help attract film production within their state. The Colorado Legislature passed the state's first ever film incentive in 2006. These film incentives offer filmmakers who qualify for the program, a cash rebate instead of a tax credit.

The Colorado Film Incentive program rebates 10% of the below the line cost of producing a film, documentary or television program when that project is produced and filmed in Colorado when your the production company spends 75% of it's below the line budget with Colorado businesses and hires 75% of their crew locally.

Location Inquiry Form

Our Location Inquiry Form is used by our more than 100 local Community Contacts to assist you in your location search in finding the perfect location.

Colorado Location Managers and Scouts

Contains a listing of professional Colorado Location Managers and Scouts with local expertise.

Colorado Production Resource Guide

The Colorado Production Resource Guide is Colorado’s official Production Directory, put together yearly the by the Colorado Film and Video Association. The Colorado Production Resource Guide includes names and contact information for people and businesses who work in the production industry.

Community Contacts

There are also more than 100 local Community Contacts that are available to assist you in your Location Search. Our Community Contacts page contains a complete listing of Colorado Community Contacts that can assist in your Location Search.

Permits and Regulations

Information and contacts for certain public lands in Colorado including Bureau of Land Management, National Forest Service, National Parks and National Historic Sites, National Wildlife Refuges and Colorado State Parks will require a Film Permit. You'll find a complete list of offices for these federal and state agencies as well a listing the Colorado State Patrol offices for obtaining a Road Closure Permit.

Getting Here and Around Colorado

Order your FREE Colorado State Map, by calling 1.800.COLORADO. You can also order your FREE Colorado State Map online at Colorado Tourism's website. Twenty-three commercial airlines provide regular service to Denver International Airport and to 9 other Colorado cities, including smaller airports that serve as close gateways to many of the most popular mountain attractions. Complete information on airline, road and rail transportation can be found on our Getting Here and Around Colorado page.

Colorado Weather

Colorado prides itself on more days of sunshine and less precipitation than Miami or Southern California, so almost every day is a great day to film. Our Colorado Weather page includes links to precipitation, temperature, humidity, and current weather information in Colorado.

Current Road Conditions

When traveling in Colorado, check out the links to Current Road Conditions including Real Time Road and Weather Conditions, Colorado Road Alerts & Restrictions and Colorado Traffic Cameras from Colorado's Department of Transportation.