AUSTIN is the capital of TEXAS and the 52nd largest DMA in the U.S.  The city, home to the University of Texas, relishes it’s little town bigness.  The city’s official slogan, "The Live Music Capital of the World", reflects the large music culture that has grown up in Austin.  The long running PBS Show Austin City Limits is testimony to Austin’s love affair with music, which is as diverse as the makeup of its student population. 

Feature films have found a friendly locale in Austin.  In fact over 580 films, TV shows and series have been made in Austin according to IMDB.  Recent movies that were shot in Austin include: Office Space, Miss Congeniality,  Man of the House, Secondhand Lions, The Life of David Gale, Doubting Thomas, Slacker, Idiocracy, A Scanner Darkly, Waking Life, Spy Kids, Dazed and Confused The Wendall Baker Story, Grindhouse and How To Eat Fried Worms.   If you're looking for a restaurant to make that dinner and a movie memorable, we suggest Eddie V's, Edgewater Grille, Fleming's Steakhouse, Aquarelle, Bombay Bistro and Roy's.  But if you're looking for a film school in austin to get you started on a career in film, we suggest the Film Connection.
 
Restaurant, Clay Pit, Buenos Aires Cafe The Austin Film Society recently built the Austin Studios where scenes from 25th Hour and Sin City were shot along with numerous music videos.  FILM CONNECTION, The Mentor Apprentice School of Film loves hooking up Austin film students with the appropriate mentor to jump start their career in film directing, or producing, or editing, or camera operating because Austin always seems to have great projects to immerse our students in—giving them priceless hands-on experience. 

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