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CULTURE 469
Texas State Artists
A committee of the Legislature, consisting of three
Representatives and three Senators, names the Texas
State Artists and alternates. The Legislative Reference
Library, Austin, supplied this list.
1971-1972 Joe Ruiz Grandee, Arlington; no alternate.
1972-1973 Melvin C. Warren, Clifton; no alternate.
1973-1974 Ronald Thomason, Weatherford; A. C. Gentry
Jr., Tyler, alternate.
1974-1975 Jo Rader Roberts, Dripping Springs; Bette
Lou Voorhis, Austin, alternate.
1975-1976 Jack White, New Braunfels; no alternate.
1976-1977 James Boren, Clifton; Kenneth Wyatt,
Lubbock, alternate.
July 4, 1975-July 4, 1976 Robert Summers, Glen Rose,
Bicentennial Artist.
1977-1978 Edward "Buck"Shiwetz, DeWitt Co.; Renne
Hughes, Tarrant Co., alternate.
1978-1979 Jack Cowan, Rockport; Gary Henry, Palo
Pinto Co., and Joyce Tally, Caldwell Co.,
alternates.
1979-1980 Dalhart Windberg, Travis Co.; Grant Lathe,
Canyon Lake, alternate.
1980-1981 Harry Ahysen, Huntsville; Jim Reno,
Simonton, alternate.
1981-1982 Jerry Newman, Beaumont; Raul Gutierrez,
San Antonio, alternate.
1982-1983 Dr. James H. Johnson, Bryan; Armando
Hinojosa, Laredo, alternate.
1983-1984 Raul Gutierrez, San Antonio; James
Eddleman, Lubbock, alternate.
1984-1985 Covelle Jones, Lubbock; Ragan Gennusa,
Austin, alternate.
1986-1987 Ragan Gennusa, Dripping Springs; Chuck
DeHaan, Graford, alternate.
1987-1988 Neil Caldwell, Angleton; Rey Gaytan, Austin,
alternate.
1988-1989 Rey Gaytan, Austin.
(Note: There was no state artist from June 1, 1985 to
October 1, 1986.)
Film Commissions in Texas
In addition to the following film commissions,
which were operating in Texas as of early summer,
1989, many chambers of commerce and convention
and visitors' bureaus have employees who special-
ize in assisting film companies:
Texas Film/Music Office
Texas Dept. of Commerce
Box 12728
Austin 78711
(512) 469-9111
FAX 512-473-2312
El Paso Film Commission
El Paso Convention & Visitors Bureau
1 Civic Center Plaza
El Paso 79901
(915) 534-0698
Houston Film Commission
3300 Main Street
Houston 77002
(713) 523-5050
WATS (800) 231-7799
Irving Film Commission
1 Dallas Communications Complex
LB 119
6301 N. O'Connor
Irving 75039-3510
(214) 869-0303
WATS (800) 2-IRVING
Film Commission of North Texas
3 Dallas Communications Complex,
Lock Box N-57
6311 N. O'Connor Rd.
Irving 75039
(214) 869-7657
San Antonio Film Development Bureau
Box 2277
San Antonio 78298
(512) 270-8700
WATS (800) 447-3372
FAX 512-270-8782
Aleksei Sultanov of the Soviet Union won the gold medal
in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in
Fort Worth in 1989. Dallas News Photo by Evans Caglage.
Films Continue to Bring
Money into State
Information for the following article was supplied
by the Film/Music Office of the Texas Department of
Commerce.
Feature movies, made-for-TV movies, TV spe-
cials and TV series continue to be lucrative for the
Lone Star State, with 24 projects filmed at least par-
tially in Texas in both 1987 and 1988. Production
budgets for the 1987 projects totaled $94.5 million,
with about $45 million remaining in the state; bud-
gets for 1988 projects totaled approximately $66 mil-
lion, of which about $22 million stayed in Texas.
The list of 1987 movie projects bearing the Texas
imprint included feature movies D.O.A., starring
Dennis Quaid and Charlotte Rampling; Dakota,
starring Lou Diamond Phillips and DeeDee Norton;
Full Moon in Blue Water, starring Gene Hackman
and Terri Garr; and TV movie Baja Oklahoma, star-
ring Leslie Ann Warren and Peter Coyote. The pro-
ject list comprised 10 feature movies, eight TV
movies and six TV series, including, of course,
Dallas.
Movies made in Texas in 1988 included such fea-
ture films as Big Bad John, starring Jimmy Dean,
Ned Beatty and Red Steagall; Love Hurts, starring
Jeff Daniels, Cloris Leachman and Judith Ivey; and
Born on the 4th of July, starring Tom Cruise. Mov-
ies made for TV included Unholy Matrimony, with
Patrick Duffy, Charles Durning and Michael
O'Keefe; Dead Solid Perfect, starring Randy Quaid,
Kathryn Harrold and Jack Warden; Pancho Barnes,
starring Valerie Bertinelli; and The Fulfillment of
Mary Gray, starring Cheryl Ladd. TV series made
in Texas in 1988 included Lonesome Dove, from the
Larry McMurtry novel and starring Robert Duvall,
Tommy Lee Jones, Anjelica Huston and Danny
Glover; Dallas; and a series made for German TV,
Muller and Miller. In all, there were 15 feature films,
four TV movies and five TV series made in the Lone
Star State during 1988.
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