Draft:Cinema of New Mexico

Part of the cinema of the United States, the cinema of New Mexico is today a major industry within the state but the institution of moving picture film production dates back to the territorial era, especially the genre of anthropological actuality films. The industry bears the nickname Tamalewood.

History
Edison Studios, also known as Thomas A. Edison, Inc., made several actuality films in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Present-day
Film festivals include Duke City Shootout, Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe International Film Festival, Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival, Way OUT West Film Fest, and The White Sands International Film Festival. Film schools included the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Directors and producers include Eddie Alcazar, Earl Bellamy, Alexandria Bombach, Paul Bright, Ben Caldwell, Charles Dorian, Tom Ford, Sydney Freeland, Drew Goddard, Adrian Grenier, William Hanna, Ruthanna and Dennis Hopper, Mike Judge, Bradley King, Tony Mark, Ross Kagan Marks, Joshua Oppenheimer, Jay Roach, Erik Rodgers, Aurora Snow, Joan Tewkesbury, and America Young. Actors and screenwriters include Eddie Alcazar, Ari Aster, Michael Blake, William Bowers, Paul Bright, Julia Cameron, Mel Dinelli, Harvey Fergusson, Tom Ford, Sydney Freeland, Drew Goddard, Neil Patrick Harris, Mark Heyman, Dennis Hopper, Allegra Huston, Mike Judge, Bradley King, Joe Mande, George R. R. Martin, Armistead Maupin, Cormac McCarthy, Mark Medoff, Chris Offutt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Erica Rivinoja, Jay Roach, Richard G. Rosner, and Joan Tewkesbury.