Filmmaking

In a comeback of Mickey Rourke-ian proportions, Austin shot back up the list of MovieMaker Magazine’s top filmmaking cities this year, from an almost-out-of-the-running 10th place last year to a very solid #5. Now, this still puts us behind such heavyweights LA, NYC and, um, Stamford, CN, but we are fairly certain that with Texas’ revamped incentives program and the continued success of the Austin Film Festival, Fantastic Fest and the quickly approaching SXSWFilm—not to mention a slew of other amazing film related events and cooperatives—we can bite and scratch our way to at least the #3 position next year. We hear that the craft services workers around here are bruisers, so look out Shreveport; we’re coming for you. [Austin has made MovieMaker Magazine's list for the past 10 years. The "Top Ten U.S. Cities to Line and Make Movies" issue will be available in April.]