University of Montana – Montana Film Office partner with L.A. firm to lure productions to state

Train them, and the movie cameras will come.

That’s the thinking behind a new initiative between the Montana Film Office and the University of Montana, which have teamed up with a California firm to help train students as production assistants.

Deny Staggs, Montana Film Office location coordinator, said the state’s collaboration with Quixote, of Los Angeles, aims to build a talented pool of film hands in Montana to help lure more television, film and commercial productions to the state.

By MARTIN KIDSTON Missoulian

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