Picture Car Glossary
New Mexico Movie Teamsters
What is New Mexico Movie Teamsters?
Updated June 2026 · Revolution Picture Cars
Also called New Mexico Teamsters.
New Mexico movie Teamsters represent the drivers, transportation coordinators, and picture car crew on film and television productions across New Mexico, one of the fastest-growing US production hubs.
Motion-picture jurisdiction in the state transferred from Albuquerque's Teamsters Local 492 to Hollywood's Teamsters Local 399 in 2022, so productions shooting in New Mexico now work under Local 399 for covered transportation and picture-car services.
Example
A New Mexico production working union hires drivers, wranglers, and coordinators under the local Teamsters agreement, which sets the classifications and rates for picture car work across the state.
Figures are illustrative, chosen to show the mechanics rather than to quote market rates.
Where you'll see it
New Mexico, governing the transportation labor budget on union shows.
Common mistake
Bringing a crew plan from another state unchanged. Classifications and rates are set locally, so the same show costs and staffs differently in New Mexico.
Related questions
- Who represents picture car crew in New Mexico?
- The local Teamsters, covering drivers, transportation coordinators, and picture car crew on productions shooting across the state.
- Why does New Mexico have significant film transportation work?
- A long-standing production base and state incentives keep a steady volume of features and series shooting there, and with them a resident transportation crew.
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