Kim LeBlanc is proud to serve as the Austin Film Commission’s Film Marketing Manager, 

where she helps productions fall in love with Austin and maintains a borderline obsessive mental map of the city’s diverse filming locations. As a part of Visit Austin, the Austin Film Commission markets the Austin area as a leading destination for film, television, and commercial production and supports projects filming in Austin with services including permitting guidance, locations guidance, referrals to local crew, cast, vendors and facilities, liaising with governing bodies and more to foster growth in Austin’s renowned media production industries. 

Prior to joining the Austin Film Commission, Kim served as the City of San Antonio’s Film Commissioner and Music Program Manager and as a senior staff member at the Texas Film Commission (in the Office of the Governor’s Economic Development & Tourism Division) for 12+ years, where she scouted more than 1,200 potential filming locations, administrated the state’s Film Friendly Texas program, and successfully managed the varying needs of more than 2,000 film, TV and commercial projects filming in Texas. 

Before joining the Texas Film Commission, Kim worked at the Austin Film Society, the Austin Film Festival and as Assistant to Director Robert Rodriguez at Troublemaker Studios. Kim is a proud alumna of Trinity University, where she majored in Urban Studies and History, and helped found the school’s Film Studies minor. She is honored to join the WIFT Austin Advisory Board and currently serves as Secretary of the Texas Association of Film Commissions (TXAFC) and is an Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Certified Film Commissioner. When she’s off the clock, you can find her chasing live music, hiking Austin’s trails, playing pickleball with an uncomfortable level of competitiveness, enjoying family movie nights, hitting up a yoga class, or hunting down the city’s next great breakfast taco.