UM: Film Industry

The Detroit Free Press publishes an op/ed piece by Jim Burnstein, director of UM’s screenwriting program and vice chairman of the Michigan Film Office Advisory Council. Burnstein advocates for keeping the state’s tax credits for the film industry: “Today, as legislators struggle with the budget in Lansing, these incentives – up to a 42% refundable tax credit on a production company’s expenditures – are a tempting target for cuts. We should resist that temptation. It sends the wrong message to Hollywood that we are not serious about building a film industry and to the students, who represent the future the governor was thinking about when she signed this bill.” [Source]