
(Photo by Chris Pizzello | Invision via AP) In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, Ty Cooper, director of the narrative short "Mingle," puts up a poster on Main Street to promote his film during the second day of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah. The money spent by TV and film production crews in Utah has more than doubled over the last five years as directors are drawn to the state's proximity to Los Angeles and sweeping landscapes of red bluffs, deserts and lakes, according to a state report.