Atlanta location scouting and management for film, media, and commercials

A full location team that finds the spaces, clears the red tape, and keeps your shoot on schedule across Atlanta, Georgia, and the Southeast.

100%
Worker-owned cooperative
40+ yrs
Combined experience
2,000+
Locations on file
500+
Productions delivered
The Files

Curated film locations across Atlanta, Georgia, and the Southeast

Our files cover metro Atlanta and reach across Georgia and the wider Southeast, and they grow with every scout we send out. We're not a browse-it-yourself database, on purpose.

Every location we share is matched to your brief instead of left to a search bar.

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Dani Bowman, Location Manager and FounderLanette Cousineau, Location Manager and FounderTyler Clinebell, Location Manager and FounderRob Pittard, Location Manager and ScoutAlex Kahn, Location Manager and ScoutHaliema Twam, Location Coordinator and Scout
The Co-op

A location team behind every shoot

Searchlight is a worker cooperative of location scouts and managers. Every project gets a team behind it: shared files, local knowledge, and the relationships that come with them.

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Local Knowledge

The fixer for Atlanta, Georgia, and Southeast shoots

Productions come to Georgia for the crew base. We're the locations side of that bench, and a resource for crew recommendations, vendor introductions, and local answers beyond locations.

  • We know which permit office picks up and how to file so approvals land on time.
  • We handle the neighbor notifications and community relationships that keep a block friendly to film.
  • We know which quiet, filmable street reads as somewhere else on camera.
Yellow BASECAMP directional sign on an orange traffic cone pointing crew to a film setHospitality first.

We look after your crew, the property owner, and the community around every set. It's why clients like Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, and Shutterstock keep bringing their Georgia work back to us.
How We Do Business

We're members of the Location Managers Guild International and the OUT Georgia Business Alliance, and a standing member of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.

Location Managers Guild International memberUS Federation of Worker Cooperatives memberOUT Georgia Business Alliance member

Need a location? Have a location?

Productions & agencies

Commercials, branded content, film and TV, music videos, editorial, and photo shoots. Commercials are our bread and butter. One point of contact, and a team that has likely solved your problem before.

For Productions

Property owners & reps

List your space for professional film and photo work. We handle outreach, negotiation, and logistics end to end.

For Property Owners

Shooting in the Southeast?

Tell us about the project. We'll get it on the right track and save you stress, time, and money - guaranteed.

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