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For more than two decades, New Mexico has made a deliberate investment in becoming one of America's premier film production states. Through competitive tax incentives, world-class facilities and long-term partnerships with major studios, we've attracted billions of dollars in production spending while creating thousands of jobs for New Mexicans.

That investment has worked.

Today, productions from around the world choose New Mexico. Netflix has made a significant long-term commitment here. NBCUniversal has invested in local infrastructure. Sound stages continue to expand, production crews have developed world-class reputations and our state has become synonymous with professional filmmaking.

New Mexico should be proud of what it has accomplished.

But after years of successfully attracting productions, it's time to ask an important question: What comes next?

If our goal is simply to be a place where other people come to make movies, we are succeeding. If our goal is to build a lasting film economy that creates New Mexico storytellers, writers, producers and intellectual property, then one important piece is still missing: access.

The greatest challenge facing many New Mexico actors, writers, producers and independent filmmakers is not a lack of talent. It is a lack of opportunity to reach the people who make creative decisions.

The studios benefiting from New Mexico's film incentives employ thousands of talented local crew members. They hire local actors. They spend money in our communities. Those are all meaningful successes.

Yet the creative decisions 鈥� the meetings where television series are discovered, feature films are acquired and new voices are championed 鈥� still largely happen elsewhere.

For many New Mexico creators, Hollywood isn't simply a place on a map. It is a closed door.

I believe there is a practical way to begin opening that door.

Studios and production companies receiving New Mexico film incentives should provide structured opportunities for New Mexico creators to present professional work.

That could include annual project pitch sessions for completed television pilots and feature screenplays. It could include showcase events where independent filmmakers screen completed projects seeking distribution. It could include producer forums where local production companies present projects already in development. It could include actor showcases for casting executives already working in New Mexico.

Notice what this proposal does not require.

It does not require studios to purchase a screenplay.

It does not require them to produce a television series.

It does not require them to cast local actors or hire local producers.

Creative decisions should always remain in the hands of the studios.

The proposal asks only that New Mexico creators have a genuine opportunity to be considered.

Some will argue that opportunities already exist through networking events, festivals and conferences.

Those events certainly have value.

But networking is not the same as access.

A conversation over coffee is not the same as presenting a finished project to the executive empowered to say 鈥測es.鈥�

Most creators are not asking for special treatment. They are asking for a seat at the table.

This proposal also makes good business sense.

Studios are constantly searching for original voices and compelling stories. New Mexico is rich with diverse cultures, remarkable landscapes and unique histories unlike anywhere else in the country. The next acclaimed television series or independent film could already exist inside the notebook of a New Mexico writer or on the hard drive of a filmmaker living in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Farmington or Clovis.

Creating a structured pathway to discover those voices benefits everyone.

Studios gain access to fresh intellectual property.

New Mexico creators gain meaningful opportunities.

Taxpayers see a greater return on their investment.

Most importantly, our state begins building something that cannot be imported from somewhere else: New Mexico-owned creative capital.

This is the natural evolution of a mature film industry.

First, you attract productions.

Then you build infrastructure.

Then you develop crews.

Eventually, you develop creators.

That final step is where New Mexico now has an opportunity to lead the nation.

Our film incentives have helped create jobs. They have strengthened local businesses. They have put New Mexico on the map as a production destination.

Now those same incentives can help create something even more valuable: a lasting pipeline for New Mexico storytellers.

Public investment should create public opportunity.

When taxpayers help build one of the strongest film production ecosystems in America, they should also help create pathways for the actors, writers, producers and filmmakers who already call New Mexico home.

Success should not be measured solely by the number of productions that arrive here each year.

It should also be measured by the number of New Mexico stories that leave here and find audiences around the world.

We've proven we can bring Hollywood to New Mexico.

Now let's make sure New Mexico has every opportunity to bring New Mexico to Hollywood.

Keith Allen West is a New Mexico actor, screenwriter, producer and branding strategist based in Placitas.