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title: "Lights, Camera, More Action in Maryland"
date: 2023-07-31T14:50:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/lights-camera-more-action-in-maryland"
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# Lights, Camera, More Action in Maryland

*July 31, 2023* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/author/sala-levin-10)


> UMD Alum Heads Maryland Entertainment Council, Geared Toward Attracting Films and TV Series to the State

*Maryland Film Scenes Flat 1920x1080 — TV shows like "House of Cards," "Veep," "The Wire" and "We Own This City" have all filmed in Maryland. As chair of the new Maryland Entertainment Council, filmmaker Meryam Bouadjemi '10, below, was appointed by Gov. Wes Moore to bring more films and television series to the state.*

When the producers of HBO’s political satire “Veep” needed to send scheming, spineless protagonist Selina Meyer and her bumbling aides to the sleek headquarters of a tech company, they didn’t fly Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the rest of the cast to Silicon Valley. Instead, they looked no farther than the University of Maryland campus, a short trip from their usual Baltimore shooting location, where the Physical Sciences Complex stood in for the imaginary startup Clovis.


*Meryam Bouadjemi ’10 headshot*




**Topics:** [Arts & Culture](https://today.umd.edu/tags/arts-culture), [People](https://today.umd.edu/tags/people)


**Tags:** [Alumni](https://today.umd.edu/topic/alumni), [Arts](https://today.umd.edu/topic/arts)


**Units:** [Robert H. Smith School of Business](https://today.umd.edu/topic/robert-h-smith-school-business)