TXMPA is at the forefront of the success of the current Texas Film Incentive program which has helped generate $610 Million in new in-state spending…the program has accounted for 55,000 jobs for Texans over the past two years.

Early signs that the recently improved Texas tax incentive program may be working are quite positive. Below is a list of POSSIBLE productions coming to Texas and for contrast, Louisiana. The productions listed may not all work out but all have inquired about becoming SAG signatory productions. The volume of production in Texas is up [...]

Okay….so I’m working on a new demo for play on the internet. Each clip is kept brief in an effort limit the total file size and to maximize the quality after all the video compression takes place. It’s still a work in progress but here’s where I am today. This version was uploaded to YouTube [...]

Be sure to tune in to Friday Night Lights this Friday. Rumor has it that FNL just may get a 2 year renewal. That would be great news for Austin and for all Texas actors and for the FNL crew. Please tune in and help those audience numbers. Yours truly has another quick appearance as [...]

Be sure to watch FNL tonight. I’ll be on tonight, Jan. 23, as Dr. Campbell, Grandma Saracen’s doctor and will return in Episode 11 near the end of the season. Be sure to visit the TXMPA site and get involved in the effort to bring film production back to Texas.

All the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS fans and anyone else who would like to bring this show back to Texas for another season take note. Tonight is the first episode of Season 3 to air on the free network. Word is that DirecTV was very happy with the performance of FNL on their network, but the [...]

Chris Garcia’s article in today’s AAS, comes across as a pretty negative assessment of the current state of affairs for Texas film production. All is not lost, but we’re at a critical juncture where we must have more help from the legislature. Click Here for Garcia’s Full Article in the American Statesman As movie production [...]

First…sorry for the outage today. My bandwidth has spiked and I outgrew my old hosting plan. In an effort to get things back up ASAP I’m afraid I probably made things worse and lengthened the process. With much thanks to the great support staff at Hostpc.com, I’m back online…for better or worse. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS….SEASON 3 [...]

“Did anyone talk to you about how we shoot”? When I arrived on the set to shoot a scene as Dr. Campbell, doctor to Grandma Saracen (Louanne Stephens), grandmother of Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) these were the first words I heard from producer / director Jeffrey Reiner. “Hummm…not really” was my cautious reply, not exactly [...]

You Friday Night Lights fans might find this TV Guide article of interest. I’m wondering how this will work out as well. And will the DirecTV run count as first run and the NBC network run a rerun, or vice versa? Whatever the case, it’s just another example of the changing landscape for film and [...]