Isaac Mbeki
8 Jan 2026
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Not LA, not NY, not Atlanta. Somewhere with a film office and not much else.
Cities & Markets
Anyone working out of a smaller market and actually making it work?
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Gregor Malinowski
9 Jan 2026
Minneapolis. Regional theatre, a steady industrial and corporate scene, and enough film that I am busy. I make less than my LA friends and I keep more of it.
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Miles Petrakis
11 Jan 2026
New Mexico. Two streamers shoot here regularly and being genuinely local hire is worth more than a better reel from out of state.
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Ken Vasquez
13 Jan 2026
The pattern that works is: be the best option in a small pool for a specific type, and be reachable within an hour. Both of those are easier outside the big two.
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Helena Duplessis
13 Jan 2026
Corporate and industrial is the thing that makes a small market survivable. It is unglamorous and it pays properly.
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Terrance Whitlow
24 Jan 2026
I did ten years in a small market and moved at 34 with a real reel and no debt. That is a much better position than arriving at 22 with neither.
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