Film and Digital Media

In addition to the following books, dissertations, and websites pertaining to Florida film and digital media production, also check the various databases and indexes for journal articles on the topic.

Main Library ARC General Collection PS 374 .D4 C74 1997

Includes a chapter on Florida film noir from Key Largo to Body Heat and the first comprehensive bibliography of mysteries set in the state.

Main Library New Books NC 1766 .U52 L5456 2023

"Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida opened in Orlando at the dawn of the Disney Renaissance. As a member of the crew, Mary E. Lescher witnessed the small studio's rise and fall during a transformative era in company and movie history. Her in-depth interviews with fellow artists, administrators, and support personnel reveal the human dimension of a technological revolution: the dramatic shift from hand-drawn cel animation to the digital format that eclipsed it in less than a decade" (publisher's description).

Filming Florida: Images of the Sunshine State, 3d ed.

Main Library Florida Documents SS.D2:F45

A list of films produced between 1917 and the 1980s that have been donated to the Florida State Archives. Most were produced by the Florida Development Commission, but also contains features by WFSU-TV, the state highway patrol, the Florida Department of Natural Resources, and a number of individuals and corporations. The print edition, published in 1998, has a detailed index (topic/subject, individual, location) that is not available in the online version.

A 1980 Florida State University dissertation written by Richard Alan Nelson. Includes a comprehensive listing of motion picture production companies active in Florida during the silent years, and a photographic section with representative illustrations documenting early moviemaking in the state. The work (which is based largely on trade accounts, newspaper reports, archival collections, and interviews) also features a detailed bibliography, glossary of terms, and index.