Bay Point provides debt financing and growth capital for production, distribution and infrastructure to the film and television industries. Our financing solutions include senior, bridge and mezzanine loans, preferred equity, royalty lending and studio construction loans. Bay Point Advisors LLC, the parent company of Bay Point Media, is a privately held firm based in Atlanta specializing in customized lending solutions.
With its state-of-the-art production facilities, skilled work force and media savvy capital providers, Georgia has become a leading destination for blockbuster films like Hunger Games, Black Panther, X-men and Jumanji, as well as TV series including Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, and Ozark. Diverse, natural landscapes, thriving urban centers and rich history add to the state’s allure. In 2019, production companies spent nearly $3 billion in Georgia; industry sources estimate that 50% of US production takes place in the state.
We have diverse lending experience to local studios, production companies and individual projects.
We know the Georgia market, and have the state and local connections to make things happen.
We have deep Hollywood relationships and understand the needs of producers, studios and others.
We are highly flexible, with the ability to invest in any part of the capital stack.
In January 2020, Bay Point became a preferred equity investor in Trilith Studios, the second-largest, purpose-built studio complex in North America, with 24 soundstages on 700 acres.
A young boy discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home. He must decide whether to let it go or keep it captive.
The film stars Queen Latifah and Dennis Quaid.
Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.
The film stars Robert DeNiro, Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman.
FREDDY, a petty criminal, is on the run with a bag full of cash and drugs. He's way over his head and hurt bad. With a bullet in his gut, he's running out of time. FAST.
The film stars Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Fimmel and Kevin Bacon.
A family adventure where a teen boy longs to step into his late father’s quest of chasing and researching storms.
The film stars Alec Baldwin, Skeet Ulrich and Anne Heche.
A music executive’s dreams of becoming the most powerful man in the industry come with unexpected turns as he must maneuver through them. Even if some call him insane.
Written and directed by Timothy Bogart, the film stars Jeremy Jordan, Michelle Monaghan and Sebastian Maniscalco.
Bay Point undertook its first Hollywood project with a November 2017 investment in Bento Box Entertainment, an Emmy-winning animation studio owned by Fox Entertainment.
In April 2020, Bay Point served as senior construction lender for Cinelease Studios – Three Ring, a purpose-built media campus located in Covington, Georgia, "the Hollywood of the South."
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