As Hollywood Loses Ground, Oklahoma Plays the Long Game

Ryan Bellgardt doesn’t measure success in blockbuster budgets.

“Don’t think of it as one $30 million movie — think of it as 30 $1 million movies,” said the Oklahoma City filmmaker and co-owner of Boiling Point Media, describing the kind of steady, small-scale production he believes can sustain a local industry.

For more than a decade, Bellgardt has built films and visual effects work in Oklahoma, often for international clients, relying less on headline-grabbing productions and more on consistent output. The goal, he said, is not rapid expansion, but stability…

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