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Government Film Links New Mexico Industry Links Albuquerque Industry Links Santa Fe Industry Links Film Festivals in New Mexico Selected Films Made In New Mexico

Movie producers have been filming in New Mexico for a century, especially Westerns. Since 2003, state and
local government has promoted filming here thru tax incentives, funding help, and elimination of 'red tape'.

The impact of New Mexico's film industry has grown from $8 million in 2002
to $657 million in fiscal 2008.

New Mexico's I.A.T.S.E. Local 480 has grown from 79 members in 1998 to 1200 members in mid-2008.

"100 Years of Filmmaking In New Mexico" [1998] from New Mexico Magazine U.N.M. Press 10¾x9 hardcover [12/98] for $24.95

Government  Film  Links

New Mexico Film Office {of the Economic Development Dept.}
New Mexico Film Museum [unfunded 8/2005]
New Mexico Film Locations website
Big House Props & Costumes {state-run non-profit}
U.N.M. Continuing Education 'On Camera Careers' curriculum

Local  Film  Agencies
Taos County [NM] Film Commission
Otero County [NM] Film Office
Santa Fe [NM] Film Office

New Mexico  Film  Industry  Links

definition/derivation of the term 'Tamalewood'
New Mexico Travel Pages
Film New Mexico {occasional} weblog
I.A.T.S.E. Local 480 - New Mexico Film Technicians
New Mexico Actors website
New Mexico Chapter of Women In Film & Television
New Mexico Screenwriters Speakers Series
Allen Theatres - 18 locations in NM [est. 1912]
Pasa Tiempo Film Guide {magazine/slide show}
New Mexico Actors Guide
New Mexico Locations Leasing based in Santa Fe, NM
Elliott Location Equipment based in Albuquerque, NM
Crew New Mexico film industry resource

Production  Companies  in  New Mexico
Southwest Production Services
White Sands Production Services, based in Alamogordo, NM
Cypress Film Labs in Las Vegas, NM

Albuquerque, NM  Film  Industry  Links

City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
Albuquerque, New Mexico Travel Page
Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July] [requires Flash ]
Guild Cinema [est. 1966] in Albuquerque's Nob Hill District
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [May 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
The Phoenix Agency - actors, models, musicians - in Albuquerque, NM
Cinnafilm™ digital effects technology in Albuquerque, NM
Friends of Film, Video & Arts [est. 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
Titan/Philips Studios [2006-2009], 9201 Pan American Freeway NE in Albuquerque, NM

Production  Companies  in  Albuquerque, NM  area
Abalone Studios video game developers in NE Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque [NM] Independent Film Cooperative
Basement Films [est. 1991] in Albuquerque, NM
SFX wizard Joseph Conti & Conti Films [est. 2001] in Rio Rancho, NM
filmmaker Christopher Coppola's Ears XXI company
D H & J Productions in Albuquerque, NM
Fat Man Media [est. 2008] in Corrales, NM
Image Resources, Inc. in NE Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Digital Video [est. 2000] in Albuquerque, NM
Production Central of Albuquerque post-production facility, 519 Central Ave. NW

Movie  Studio  Facilities  in  Albuquerque, NM  area
Soundstage 41 in NE Albuquerque, NM
Lionsgate Movie Studio in Rio Rancho, NM { deal expired 11/2008 }

Sony Pictures Imageworks [est. 1993]
Opening at Albuquerque Studios in 2007 (85,000 square-foot building, 100 employees).
official website • Wikipedia

Santa Fe, NM  Film  Industry  Links

Santa Fe, New Mexico Travel Page
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Dec 2004 = #5]
Santa Fe [NM] Film Office
Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive 1-year program [Jan 2008 = #2] at the College of Santa Fe

Production  Companies  in  Santa Fe, NM
Cinevision Productions in Santa Fe, NM
High Definition New Mexico in Santa Fe, NM
Alton Walpole's Mountainair Films in Santa Fe, NM
Real Deal Productions/Montage 3 Films in Santa Fe, NM
Zia Film Distribution LLC [est. 1993] in Santa Fe, NM

Movie  Studio  Facilities  in  Santa Fe, NM  area
Garson Studios [est. 1990] in Santa Fe, NM {Flash only}
Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch near Santa Fe, NM
J.W. Eaves Movie Ranch on NM Highway 14

official website • {11/2006 news item} • {5/2007 news item}

Film  Festivals  in  New Mexico

RioFest Intl. Environmental Film Festival [Jan 2007 = #1] in Socorro, NM
White Sands Film Festival [Feb 2007 = #3] in Alamogordo, NM

Sin Fronteras {Latino/Latina} Film Festival [April 2006 = #4] in Albuquerque, NM
Taos Picture Show film festival [April 2005 = #2]
Indigenous Independent Film Festival [April 2006 = #1] in Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [May] in Albuquerque, NM
Organ Mountain Film Festival [May 2005] in Las Cruces, NM
Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July] [requires Flash ]
Roswell [NM] Film Festival "1947" [2007 = #1?]
PAHfest Digital Media Festival [July 2006] in Grants, NM
Local Shorts Film Festival [Aug 2005 = #3] in Albuquerque, NM
Northern New Mexico Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2] in Las Vegas, NM
Silver City [NM] Short Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2]
Wild Film! International Wildlife Film Festival [Sept 2007] in Taos, NM
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [Sept-Oct]
New Mexico Middle-Eastern Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #2]
Fiery Film Fest [Oct 2005 = #5] in Clovis, NM
Taos [NM] Mountain Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #5]
Taos [NM] Shortz Film Fest [Nov 2007]: Flash site • MySpace site
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Dec 2007 = #8]

Mesilla Valley Film Society [est. 1989]
W.N.M.U. - Silver City Intl. Film Society [est. 1994]

Selected  Films  Made  In  New Mexico

"Trail of The Lonesome Pine"  [1936] filmed in Gallup, NM

"The Tall Texan"  [1953]
filmed near Columbus, NM {at the Mexican border}

"Lonely Are The Brave"  [May 1962]

	Filmed in the Albuquerque area; directed by David Miller; script by [blacklistee] Dalton Trumbo, based on 'The Brave Cowboy' by Edward Abbey; starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands & Walter Matthau Universal b&w VHS [5/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb
	"The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale In A New Time" [novel 1956] by Edward Abbey [1927-89] Avon 8x5¼ pb [4/92] for $10.80 Univ NM Press 8x5½ pb [10/77] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [1/88] out of stock/used

"Hallelujah Trail"  [1965] filmed near Gallup & Tohatchie, NM

"Easy Rider"  [1969]

Taos, New Mexico's 40th Anniversary "Summer of Love" Filmfest

"Flap"  [1970] starring Anthony Quinn;
filmed in Albuquerque, Madrid, and at the Santa Clara & Santo Domingo pueblos

"Sin City 1" feature film [Dimension/Troublemaker April 2005]

Filmed entirely at the Albuquerque Studios, using blue/green screen technology. Three connected hardboiled tales, with the highly-stylized look of Miller's graphic novels: an ex-con avenges a murdered hooker, a private eye helps a red light district stay independent from the Mob, and a disgraced cop shields a dancer from a psychotic sadist. Co-written & co-directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez, based on the graphic novel; starring Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, Devon Aoki, Rutger Hauer & Alexis Bledel; won Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival Dimension Films Unrated Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [12/2005] 2 disks for $29.99 Dimension Films color DVD [8/2005] for $19.49 Dimension Films color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used Dimension color VHS [8/2005] for $23.99 Varese soundtrack CD [3/2005] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie website

"No Country For Old Men"
[Miramax / Paramount Vantage Oct 2007]

		Filmed in the Albuquerque area. A down-on-his-luck Texan finds the money left after a drug-deal shootout in the desert, and a psychopathic killer sets out to get the money back. Co-produced, co-written, co-directed & co-edited by Joel & Ethan Coen; based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy; starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin & Gene Jones; listed #1 on TIME Top Ten Best Movies of The Year (12/2007); won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Script Adaptation, Best Supporting Actor {Bardem}; Oscar noms for Best Cinemato- graphy, Best Editing, Best Sound & Best Sound Editing; won DGA Award, WGA Award, PGA Award, 3 BAFTA Awards, 2 SAG Awards, Italy's David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film & USC's Scripter Award Miramax widescreen color DVD [3/2008] for $15.99 Disney Video widescreen color on Blu-Ray [3/2008] for $19.95 full credits from IMDb 40"x17" poster from Amazon for $19.99 Buena Vista official movie site
		"No Country For Old Men" [2005 novel] by Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Vintage Intl. movie tie-in 8x5 pb [10/2007] for $11.20 Vintage 8x5 pb [7/2006] for $12.35 Knopf 8x5¾ hardcover [7/2005] for $17.79

"Hamlet  2" [Focus Features Aug 2008]

"The comedy hit of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival". A failed actor turned inept high school drama teacher rallies his Tucson, Arizona students in staging a politically-incorrect musical sequel to Shake- speare's Hamlet. {Actually mostly filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.} Co-written & directed by Andrew Fleming; starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue & Amy Poehler Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [12/2008] for $20.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash} see also the 'Shakespeare On Film' Festival Page

"Swing  Vote"  [Touchstone Aug 2008]

A majority of the location filming was in New Mexico, especially the town of Belén. An over-achieving small-town, preteen girl sets off an election day media frenzy that casts her lovable loser dad as the deciding vote for the next president of the United States. Co-written & directed by Joshua Michael Stern; co-written by Jason Richman; co-produced by & starring Kevin Costner; also starring Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Judge Reinhold, Mare Winningham, Nana Visitor, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman & Gary Farmer with cameos by Tucker Carlson, James Carville, Matt Frei, Arianna Huffington, Larry King, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Willie Nelson & Lawrence O'Donnell Touchstone/Disney widescreen color DVD [1/2009] for $19.99   full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}

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