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Film industry figures say commissioner Jennifer LaBar-Tapia helps make Santa Fe great place to film
When a national magazine ranked Santa Fe the nation’s No. 1 small city in its listing of “Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker,” a part of the blurb was devoted to Jennifer LaBar-Tapia.
She’s not an actor. But those who’ve worked with her say LaBar-Tapia is a hell of an ambassador — a compliment echoed by MovieMaker magazine editor-in-chief Tim Molloy.
In his “Best Places” piece, he wrote: “Tireless film commissioner Jennifer LaBar-Tapia seems to know every industry person in town on a first-name basis — she’s part sheriff, part cheer captain, and all rock star, able to roll with big requests and surprises at a moment’s notice.”
Molloy would know. As LaBar-Tapia recalls, she’d planned to have breakfast at The Pantry Rio with Molloy in July.
Instead, her phone rang in June.
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