Film
We're in the Movies!
San Marcos has served as the backdrop for countless movie, television and commercial and music video ventures for nearly 40 years. Legendary director Sam Peckinpah opened the Hollywood door when he brought an all-star cast to San Marcos in the early 1970s.
Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw in The Getaway, Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan in Courage Under Fire, Emilio Estevez and Kathy Bates in The War At Home, Peter Fonda and Loretta Swit in Race With The Devil, and Johnny Knoxville and Katherine Heigl in The Ringer are just a few of the actors who have teamed up to film in San Marcos. The Tree of Life featured Sean Penn and Brad Pitt is set for release in 2010.
The popular television series, Friday Night Lights does a lot of filming on the Texas State campus, and in and around San Marcos.
The PBS series, Texas Music Café, won a "Telly Award" for the show's 2009 debut episode, Cheatham Street Warehouse Class of '87, featuring James McMurtry, Bruce Robison, Hal Ketchum, Terri Hendrix, Todd Snider, John Arthur Martinez, and several other nationally acclaimed artists who started their musical careers in the local music hall.
Thank you for your interest in San Marcos. We look forward to working with you on your next project!
