Las Cruces NM Named Moviemaker’s best places to live and work as a filmmaker for the 4th year in a row!
LAS CRUCES, NM – January 14, 2026 – Film Las Cruces today announced that the City of Las Cruces has been named one of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2026! This marks the fourth year in a row the city has been listed in the top ten film towns in America!
MovieMaker compiles its annual list based on surveys, production spending, tax incentives, additional research, and personal visits, whenever possible.
2025 was a busy year for the Las Cruces region which included 8 feature films including Milla Jovovich’s Protector and the Night Driver starring David Arquette as well as the television series Ride with Norman Reedus.
2025 also saw NMSU break ground on a $25 million dollar soundstage studio facility! The 45,000 square foot studio will be instrumental in attracting larger film productions to the region. When complete, this state of the art film production facility will be further complimented by the new Doña Ana Community College studio located next door, that has a motion capture studio, office space, and a 4000 sq. ft. soundstage!
State Senator and Film Las Cruces President Jeff Steinborn applauded the high level recognition from MovieMaker Magazine, “Las Cruces is thrilled to once again be listed amongst America’s top film towns. We’re proud to show off our amazing locations, crew, and great customer service to productions coming here from across the world. There’s no better place to film than New Mexico!”
Andrew Jara, Film Liaison for Film Las Cruces, added “2025 was such a great year for Las Cruces, we were able to break ground on a new film studio as well as welcome a steady stream of great film productions to our community. Las Cruces continues to show that we have everything the film industry is looking for from the welcoming crews, diverse locations and a full service film office.”
Check out the full story in the url below
https://www.moviemaker.com/best-places-moviemaker-2026/
CONTACT:
MovieMaker editor-in-chief Tim Molloy: tim.molloy@moviemaker.com
Film Las Cruces Film Liaison Andrew Jara: andrew@filmlascruces.com
