The movie business is on a tear in Massachusetts. It's part of the payoff from a generous but controversial tax break for the industry.

The number of major productions with budgets of at least a $250,000 is on the rise in the Bay State. There were just 9 in 2011, with 23 in 2013 and 22 in the first six months of this year. The figures include TV and film.

These projects provide work for at least 4,500 film professionals in Massachusetts.

Lisa Strout, the director of the Massachusetts Film Office, and Chris O'Donnell, the business manager of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts Local 481, join Peter Howe on CEO Corner to discuss.

In this segment, Strout and O'Donnell discuss the beneficiaries of all the "action." 

See the interview

Be sure to watch the final two segments at the bottom of the page.