July 2018 – Directors Cut: As everyone in the film industry knows, it has been a very busy year for Utah! 18 projects filmed in Utah this past year, creating over 1,900 jobs and spending $79 million in the state on Utah wages, equipment, locations, hotels, food and transportation.

June 2018 – #TheStoryisUtah – We were fortunate this month to roll in the summer with two new film premieres in Utah; Ari Aster’s horror smash hit, Hereditary, and Taylor Sheridan’s new western television drama, Yellowstone.

May 2018 – Directors Cut – DIVING INTO SUMMER – This spring has been a busy one, and as we head into summer in Utah, it looks like our production schedule will be ramping up once again. We currently have four films shooting right now, including a new series, Dwight in Shining Armour, and an independent feature, Night Clerk. In addition, we have another four great projects starting in June.

APRIL 2018 – Directors Cut – GOING GREEN – Film production and sustainability don’t typically go hand-in-hand. With temporary sets always being built and taken down, various power supplies running, paper print-outs being passed around, and daily catering for cast and crew, film sets are not traditionally ‘green’ places.

MARCH 2018 – Directors Cut: Earlier this month, I joined a host of producers, distributors, film commissioners and other Hollywood insiders for a ‘Power Brunch’ honoring the industry’s top physical production executives. The event was curated by AFCI (the Association of Film Commissioners International) and The Hollywood Reporter and, in its first year, saw a turnout of over 115 senior production studio execs.