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'The Making of the Mob' Filmed in Eastern Panhandle Premieres on AMC

A new 8-part miniseries filmed mostly in West Virginia comes to TVs across the country Monday. It’s from producer Stephen David, who won two Emmys for The Men Who Built America.

His new show is called “The Making of the Mob: New York.”

David’s new miniseries details a half-century of organized crime history and notorious gangsters in New York City. Like many of David’s productions, this one was also predominantly filmed in the Eastern Panhandle’s Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. David calls the area a gold mine of locations with unmatched hospitality.

Pam Haynes, the Director of the West Virginia Film Office, says bringing a production of this caliber to the state is a huge boost.

“It causes money to be driven into the local economy through lodging and catering, construction purchases, you know, heavy equipment rentals, dry cleaning,” Haynes said.

David has filmed four miniseries mostly in the Eastern Panhandle since 2012, including The Men Who Built America, The World Wars, and American Genius.

AMC will begin airing The Making of the Mob: New York Monday, June 15 at 10 p.m.

Miniseries Filmed in Eastern Panhandle to Premiere on National Geographic

A miniseries filmed predominantly in the Eastern Panhandle premieres Monday on the National Geographic Channel.

The 8-part miniseries titled, “American Genius,” was filmed mostly in Berkeley and Jefferson counties. It chronicles the competitions in innovation that pitted some of history’s brightest minds against each other in the race to lay claim to the future.

“American Genius” was produced by Emmy Award-winner Stephen David, who is based in New York City. David has filmed three other miniseries, all mostly in the Eastern Panhandle.

Pam Haynes is the director of the West Virginia Film Office. She says David prefers to film in West Virginia because he loves the region, but also because of West Virginia’s film tax program, which is used as an economic tool to recruit the film industry to conduct business in the state.

Haynes says getting the film industry to produce in the state is incredibly beneficial.

“It provides employment opportunities for West Virginia residents to be hired,” Haynes noted, “Gosh, from electricians and carpenters, set medics, set decorators, seamstresses, inventory managers. I mean it’s a laundry list of potential positions that are available on a large-scale production such as a type that Stephen David puts on.”

The National Geographic Channel will begin airing its 8-part miniseries, “American Genius” Monday, June 1 at 9 p.m.

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