Pittsburgh Film Chief Accussed of Not Wanting Mysteries

A Pittsburgh city councilman is calling for the city to fire its top film official for, among other things, allegedly trying to talk producers on The Mysteries of Pittsburgh out of filming in the city, The Pittsburgh Business Times reported Tuesday.

Doug Shields, a member of the city council, wrote to the board chairman of the Pittsburgh Film Office, calling for the organization’s board to fire its executive director, Dawn Keezer, and for all the board members to resign. The film office had given the OK to Keezer working out of Los Angeles instead of Pittsburgh, which Shields said was an outrage.

“I’m not mincing words on this,” said Shields. “I’m not putting up with public dollars being shipped out to California so she can live the good life.”

Shields also accused Keezer of trying to convince film producers for two films, including the Michael Chabon novel adaptation, out of filming in the city.

Producers on The Mysteries of Pittsburgh had considered filming somewhere else, but ultimately decided to stay in Pittsburgh.



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