“Red Mesa, a USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA thesis film, was filmed entirely on location on Corallitos Ranch near Las Cruces, NM, and in Garfield, NM.
The film was made possible with generous support from:
The Creative Media Institute of New Mexico State University
New Visions/New Mexico Contract Awards Program
FTTP of NMSU’s Dona Ana Community College
International Alliance of Theatrical & Stage Employees Local 480
The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation
Institute of Humane Studies Film & Fiction Scholarship
Very Special Thanks:
Coleman and Grace Brandt
Adán Avalos
Special Thanks:
Mary Beth Fielder, USC Faculty Mentor
Mark Medoff, NM Mentor
Sidney Levin, Editing Mentor
Craig Wood, Editing Mentor
Jeremy Kagan
Phil Messina
Brian Foster
The Hyatt Family
The Biad Family
Sara Akhteh
Thank you:
Eric Witt and the NM Governor’s Office
Lisa Strout, Jodi Delaney and the NM Film Office
Jon Hendry and NM Local 480
Jonathan Benson, Amy Lanasa and Sherwin Lau of CMI at NMSU
Big House Props
Thank you: (in Alphabetical order)
Ray Angelic, Guillermo Arriaga, Chris Baca, Marcelle Bowman, Ruth Cantrell, Lorenzo Vigas Castes, Willa Hancock, Zepherine & Terry Higgins, Jeremy Kagan,The Kelter-Zeitlin Family, Lila and Mel Kershner, Amy Lanasa, The Lapid Family, Delano and Gayle Lewis, Simon Morgan, Delia and Tommy Perez, Joe Soebbing, Lisa Strout, Ioana Uricaru, Barbara Villemez, Alton Walpole, Zvi and Marriane Zeitlin.
Thank you to these businesses in & around Las Cruces, NM:
The Bean, Beltran Meat Market, Bennigans, Best Western Mission Inn, Bosa Donuts, Casa Luna, Cha Chi’s, D G Deli, The Double Eagle, El Comedor, El Paisano Café, Heavenly Yours, Hotel Encanto, International Delights, La Posta, La Quinta, Lemon Grass, Lorenzo’s, Metropolitan Deli, Motel 6, Mountain View Market, Plaza Suites, The Salvation Army of Las Cruces & The Salvation Army of Alamagordo, San Saba Pecan Company, Si Sinor, Stahmann’s Country Store, NM, Taste of India, UHAUL, Village Inn, Village Market,