People who work in the OFVO need a good general knowledge of how things work in the film industry, related institutions and the office itself. Oregon had its own film industry in 1915 when the movie Cowboy is King, a film about the Pendleton Roundup, was produced. The Oregon industry thrived during the teens and 20s when there were more production companies in Portland and Beaverton than in Hollywood. That ratio changed in the 20s as more film producers moved to California. However, films continued to be made here.
Film making is a business.
Woolson, as a lawyer, worked closely with producers and made problems go away in Hollywood before he came to Oregon. He does pretty much the same thing here. It is economically important to film makers that a film can be shot as planned. Delays cost film makers money. 1946 was the biggest year in theatrical movie revenue.