Here's a question. How many major film dramas - including top-end TV series - are currently being shot here at the moment? Eight? Twelve? Not even close! By our reckoning there are over 30 - from overseas productions like James Cameron's Avatar sequels and Taika's Time Bandits, to TV hits like Brokenwood, Creamerie and Panthers. There's never been a better time, it seems, to be a New Zealand actor, or film crew member. There's a boom going on - new films from Lee Tamahori and Christine Jeffs, international shoots like Power Rangers and Minecraft - and above all TV shows, reflecting the fact that many of these are being snapped up overseas. Producer Phil Smith of Great Southern is part of that boom, coming off the hit series One Lane Bridge, and with a new series Dry Creek about to shoot in Kaikoura. He talks to Simon Morris about the boom - and how we can keep it going.