By Justine Lopez / NM News Port / The Albuquerque City Council approved, and Mayor Tim Keller has signed, an economic incentive package for Netflix to help them purchase Albuquerque Studios as their first owned-and-operated production house in the United States. The deal will bring jobs to the local film industry and will tap into […]
By Naydeen Dajani and Haneen Khatib / NM News Port / As one of the top TV and film locations in the nation, New Mexico needs talented workers and the Central New Mexico Community college helps prepare students for those jobs on sets. On a Wednesday afternoon, in a large studio bay on the CNM […]
By Sophie Wickert and Jeremy Zeilik/ NM News Port / A year after opening its doors, the Stagecoach Foundation production headquarters in Santa Fe is showing signs of success providing a center for film production in New Mexico. The non-profit organization, founded by local author George R. R. Martin with the help of chemical scientist […]
By Jeremy Zeilik and Sophie Wickert / NM News Port / With 34 screens, the city of Santa Fe has one of the highest movie screens per resident ratio in the U.S. With over 80,000 residents according to the most recent US Census, Santa Fe’s screen to resident ratio is approximately one screen per every […]
By Sophie Wickert and Jeremy Zeilik Efforts to repeal the statewide film tax-cap failed in this year’s session of the New Mexico state legislature, raising concerns that New Mexico will lose film and TV business to other states. The New Mexico state government provides a tax incentive of 25 percent to any film that shoots […]
By Jeremy Zeilik and Sophie Wickert/ NM News Port / Ten years ago “Breaking Bad” burst onto television screens, and much like Walter White’s crystal blue meth, it has had an enormous impact on the state New Mexico. “It really put Albuquerque on the world stage,” said New Mexico native Cyndy McCrossen who worked on the […]
