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Film Florida Podcast: Episode 132 – Joe Chianese, Entertainment Partners
Joe Chianese speaks about his role providing production and legislative consulting, financial, tax, and administrative services for incentives and more.
November 12, 2024
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Joe Chianese, Senior Vice President and Production Incentives Practice Leader at Entertainment Partners talks to Film Florida about his role providing production and legislative consulting, financial, tax, and administrative services for incentives and more. Audio editing by Rob Hill.
Topic: Production Incentives
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