Filming In Cerrillos, New Mexico                                            

To film a commercial, documentary or movie in Cerrillos you will need to contact Santa Fe County Film Office and Cerrillos film liaison Todd Brown (brownp52@yahoo.com) or (505) 438-3008.

Please complete the Cerrillos Film Application.  A donation to Las Candelas de Los Cerrillos (501c3), the village Community Organization, will be requested. Donations are used to sponsor village events.

Along with the Cerrillos Film Application, you will need a Santa Fe County permit and proof of insurance. Please have a production representative contact the film liaison who will put in you contact with property owners before filming private properties. 

Utilize the Santa Fe County film permit packet.

Movies Shot in Cerrillos

The buildings along First and Main and the wide dirt streets are popular locations for filming. In the spring of 1988 construction started for the feature film Young Guns I. Within 3 weeks, First Street was transformed into the town of Lincoln, New Mexico. Forty five town residents were cast as movie extra's, painters and carpenters. Many were invited to the Santa Fe premier and Mary Mora, of Mary’s Bar, was escorted to the gala in a limousine.  

A penitentiary was built on the grounds of the State Park visitor center and Mary's Bar was the place to hide in John Carpenter's Vampires. Bette Midler, Shelly Long and George Carlin walked the streets of Cerrillos in Outragous Fortune and portions of Convoy were shot along Hwy 14, between Madrid and Garden of the Gods.  The made for TV movie "Sparks" had scenes filmed in the Simoni Building and at Casa Grande Trading Post. The trading post was used for an AT&T commercial using tribal members from Santa Domingo even though the home didn't have a telephone hook up at the time. Another commercial filmed at the trading post supplied cases of its salsa brand as a promotion.

Scenes for The Hitcher, Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden and The Edge were done on CR 57, west of town. The pilot for Longmire had scenes filmed in Cerrillos and dust raised from the dirt streets is now infamous. In 2012, the school house property, First Street and San Marcos arroyo were used for the film We're the Millers.  

  • The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca - 1959 Disney TV Series * Robert Loggia, Robert Simon, Lisa Montell

  • Bearcats - 1971 TV series * Hank Brackett, Johnny Reach 

  • Shootout - 1971 * Gregory Peck, Patricia Quinn, Robert Lyons

  • Thomasine & Bushrod - 1974 * Vonette Mc Gee, Max Julien

  • Convoy - 1978 * - Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, Ernest Borgnine

  • Outrageous Fortune - 1987 * Bette Midler, Shelley Long, George Carlin

  • Young Guns - 1988 * Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Philips, Kiefer Southerland, Jack Palance

  • Sparks (The Price of Passion) - 1990 * Victoria Principle, Ted Wass, Hector Elizondo

  • John Carpenter's Vampires - 1998 * James Wood, Bobby Baldwin

  • Hi Lo Country - 1998 * Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette

  • Three Wise Guys - 2005 * Tom Arnold, Judd Nelson, Katey Sagal

  • Horror Chronicles "Wanted Dead or Alive" - 2006 * Chris Rhutan

  • The Hitcher - 2007 * Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton

  • Beer For My Horses - 2008 * Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, ClaireForlani, Ted Nuggent

  • Longmire - 2011 TV Pilot - *Lou Diamond Philips, Rio Alexander, Adam Bartley, John Bishop

  • Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden - 2012 *Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodriguez
    (previously Code Name: Geronimo)

  • 2 Guns - 2012 * Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg

  • We're The Millers - 2012 *Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts & Jason Sudeikis 

  • The Edge - 2014 *Shane Black, Donte Sponotti at Devils Throne

  • Chambers - 2018 TV Netflix Series *created by actress-writer-director Leah Rachel and Akela Cooper

  • Perpetual Grace - 2018 Epix Network Series *Ben Kingsley, Jimmi Simpson, Luis Guzman

  • Roswell Season 2 - 2020 Episode 10 *Nathan Dean, Michael Vlamis, Lily Cowles at the Casa Grande Trading Post

  • Trigger Warning - 2021 *Gabriel Basso, Jessica Alba, Anthony Michael Hall on Waldo Road

  • New Belgium Brewing - 2022 *Fat Tire commercial

  • Dark Winds 2 - 2023 AMC Network Series *Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon and Jessica Matten. Scenes were filmed at the Casa Grande Trading Post

  • Dark Winds 3 - 2024 AMC Network Series *Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon and Jessica Matten. Scenes were filmed at the Casa Grande Trading Post and on First Street in front of Mary’s Bar.