The South Florida region is famous for large projects like Jerry Bruckheimer's Bad Boys film series and Neal Moritz's 2 Fast 2 Furious.
Just as film production appeared to be on the decline in Florida, the phenomenal success of 1998's The Blair Witch Project led to another boom.
Celebrity residents of Florida have included Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Andy Garcia, Tom Cruise, Ron Palillo, Kaye Stevens, Michael Winslow, Larry Haines, Margaret Hayes, Roberta Haynes, Donald Sutherland, DJ Khaled, Meinhardt Raabe, Jackie Gerlich, Steven Bauer, Manolo Villaverde, Hedy Lamarr, Susana Giménez, Liv Ullmann, Geraldine Chaplin, Sydney Sweeney, David Caruso, Kenan Thompson, Vanilla Ice, Christian Daniel, Howard Stern, Scott Baio, Susan Buckner, Iggy Pop, Donna Summer, George Keymas, Nicolas Coster, Margaret Kerry, Antonio Sabàto Jr., Gloria Estefan, Pitbull, Jackie Gleason, Cindy Morgan, Richard Boone, Perry Como, David Winters, Herb Shriner, Jean Shepherd, Bob McFadden, Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson, Billy Connolly, Cody Burger, Mickey Kuhn, Bobby Breen, Peter Palmer, Ricou Browning, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Michael Thomas, Eugene Levy, Barrie Ingham, Mike Douglas, Leslie Nielsen, Eddie Egan, Kirby Grant, Patricia Dane, Norma Miller, Lili Damita, Martha O'Driscoll, Dixie Dunbar, June Preisser, Phyllis Thaxter, Vic Damone, Vaughn Monroe, Tom Fadden, Kimbo Slice, Rhonda Shear, Luke Halpin, Jay North, Dan White, Dennis Hoey, Freddie Bartholomew, George Hamilton, Gary Burghoff, Jo Ann Pflug, Steve Sipek, Arthur Metrano, Dave Madden, David Cassidy, Davy Jones, Anthony Newley, Gayle Hunnicutt, Cindy Crawford, Gail Edwards, Enrique Iglesias, Sofia Vergara, Hulk Hogan, Nick Hogan, Randy Savage, Dave Bautista, John Cena, and Dwayne Johnson.
There are also quite a few successful film directors located in the state including Daniel Myrick, George Abbott, and Harry Revier.
Metro Orlando alone is home to more than 10 state-of-the-art sound stages, making it one of the largest working production facility centers outside of Los Angeles and New York.