What makes Maryland a good place to film movies?
Kathi Ash – Maryland is popular because it has great locations, experienced film crews and is close to the kinds of services that movies need Airports, a big city like Baltimore with hotel rooms to accommodate cast and crew and it is close to Washington, D.C., where many movies need to film briefly. Sometimes when movies need to film in Washington, D.C. for a week or two, they then film other scenes in Maryland and pretend they are in parts of D.C. (like filming in Bolton Hill and pretending they are in Georgetown). Maryland is sometimes called America in Miniature because we have cities, farms, horse barns, oceans, mountains, suburbs, traditional architecture, small towns and big cities, historic locations and modern buildings. MMM ThinkQuest Team – 2 – Do you enjoy working for the Maryland film company? Kathi Ash – I do not work for a company. I work for the Maryland Film Office, which is part of the Maryland State Department of Business and Economic Development. That means we are a
