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Shot in Texas
Notes from working in Texas film.


Who to call about shooting in Texas.
One state office runs the grant. Eleven regional commissions run the ground. 218 certified communities have a local liaison. Who does what, and who to call.

Nick Barr
11 hours ago8 min read


What's shooting in Texas: September 2026.
September's ledger of what's actually shooting in Texas, by region, with a named source on every line. Plus two corrections to the August edition.

Nick Barr
24 hours ago4 min read


Odie: what shooting a feature in Texas taught me about the budget.
I directed and produced Odie in Austin this spring. Three things I'd budget differently, one thing Texas gave me that no other state would have, and no company-level claims.

Nick Barr
Aug 203 min read


Where Texas doubles for somewhere else; foreign and domestic.
The Davis Mountains for the Rockies, the Hill Country for Provence, Palo Duro for the Outback, Caddo Lake for the Amazon, and four European villages that shouldn't exist here. With the honest limits.

Nick Barr
Aug 64 min read


The Texas producer of record: what an out-of-state show actually needs on the ground.
You already have a line producer. Here is what the Texas half of your production office does that they can't, from the Odie shoot, and the honest cases where you don't need it.

Nick Barr
Jul 93 min read
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