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…