What is the basic history of the Maryland Film Company/Industry?
Kathi Ash – Again, we are not a company, we are a state agency and our office has grown right along with the industry. It used to be that movies were all made in Hollywood. But after decades of that, studios and producers wanted to save money be filming on location. That is when states saw the need to open film offices and when movies started to scout for the best look for their film. As more moviemakers discovered Maryland, they began to hire local filmmakers to work on the projects under Hollywood trained craftspeople. Over time, the locals got very, very good at their trades and started to be hired for better and better jobs. These days, studios know that if they film in Maryland, they may not need to fly the entire crew in; they can rely on local crewmembers to work in many important positions. However, as the entire world has awakened to the amount of money that a City or States businesses and people can make on a movie, the competition has grown and now states and counties compet
