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Tyler Perry Studios, sometimes referred to as TPS, is an American film production studio, founded by actor, filmmaker, and playwright Tyler Perry in 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The studio occupies two former Delta Air Lines affiliated buildings in the Greenbriar area of southwest Atlanta, and includes 200,000 square feet of sets and office space. Its opening, in the fall of 2008, was attended by Sidney Poitier, Will Smith, Cicely Tyson, Oprah Winfrey, and Hank Aaron, among others. Through 34th Street Films, a production arm of Tyler Perry Studios, Perry guides the work of other filmmakers.
Tyler Perry Studios was first established as The Tyler Perry Company, Inc. from 2000-2005, and became known as Tyler Perry Studios in 2006 to the present day. Since then Tyler Perry Studios have made 16 movies, 14 stage plays, 5 television series, and has published 2 books. Half of those movies and stage plays are centered around Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a 70 year-old sassy, pistol-packing woman, that gave popularity to many of Tyler Perry Studios' movies and plays.
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