The newly elected Board of the LMGI met for the first time this past Sunday. Their first order of business was to create the new Executive Committee for the 2016/2017 year
KRQE News 13 in New Mexico talks to LMGI Board Member Rebecca “Puck” Stair about the process she uses to find locations.
Thank you to all of those who voted in the 2016 LMGI Board Member Elections. We would like to congratulate all of the nominees in this year’s election and thank them for running. The new Board Members are Kokai Ampah, JJ Levine, Phill Kane and Matt Plamer. The Business Board Members who were all […]
Caleb Duffy is a man of exacting frames. Even his thick black rimmed glasses connote focus and blocking out the extraneous. A film location manager, Duffy can find dystopia on a Skid Row corner, small-town America in a Montrose bowling alley, a Hitchcock-era beach cottage south of Oxnard and a stretch of 1930s Art […]
Elections for the LMGI Board of Directors will be held online through the LMGI website from July 1 through July 15, 2016. All current members will receive specific instructions for how to vote by email. Listed below are the election statements from 2016 nominees. Please review these statements before voting. If you would like to learn […]
***BREAKING NEWS*** After years of campaigning by countless LMGI members, IMDb has agreed to separate Location Professionals into a LOCATION MANAGEMENT category. Current credits are being migrated into to the new category over the next couple weeks, stay tuned for more information as we receive it. Thanks to our many members who have emailed, snail mailed, called, […]
Margret Erla Maack interviewing Robin Citrin and Laura Sode Matteson on Ísland í dag (Iceland today)
The LMGI had another successful presence at the AFCI Locations and Global Finance Trade Show held at the Burbank Marriott on April 21 – 23. This year’s event featured global financing however topics and panel discussions ranged from global incentives to the use of drones and caring for animals on set. The work of our 2016 […]
Here is the complete list of winners from the 3rd Annual LMGI Awards Outstanding Locations in a Period Film – THE REVENANT Location Managers: ROBIN MOUNSEY and BRUCE BROWNSTEIN/LMGI ————— Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film – SICARIO Location Managers: S. TODD CHRISTENSEN/LMGI and SHANI ORONA/LMGI ————— Outstanding Locations in a Period Television Series – GAME OF […]
I Just wanted to say BRAVO to all the LMGI peeps & sponsors who worked so hard to put on such a great show last night. David Doumeng was indeed the host with the most & truly has a second career in standup if he ever gets bored with location managing. It was great to see friends, […]
It was a great night for Location Professionals everywhere as the LMGI held is 3rd Annual awards show at the historic Alex theatre. Below is a list where you can read about and see pictures from the night. Check back often, we will be updating the list Pictures: //www.pixoasis.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album05&set_username=mathewpr&auth=hZ4l20a922e37ebe540beca04a096d75115f&from_email=yes Articles: Variety : the-revenant-sicario-take-motion-picture-prizes-at-lmgi-awards- Arab Times online: //www.arabtimesonline.com/news/revenant-sicario-take-motion-picture-prizes-lmgi-awards/ […]
Critically acclaimed director Wes Anderson is this year’s recipient of the Eva Monley Award. Ms. Monley was the go-to person to scout and organize logistics in remote locations for John Huston, Otto Preminger, and David Lean. Immensely curious, capable and self-reliant, Eva thrived in a peripatetic film career spanning 50 years. Her credits include […]
Back in the late 90s, Steve survived an erupting volcano in downtown Los Angeles that threatened the very core of the city (Volcano, 1997). His work as a location manager has prepared him for anything…particularly good training for his current role as the head of the Hollywood Teamsters, Local 399. A member of the […]
A LEAGUE OF HER OWN: JANICE POLLEY When Tony Scott signed on to a movie there were three must-haves….Producer, Production Designer, and Janice Polley. Studio execs asked why the location manager was one of his must-haves…and he’d always reply…. “she has my eye…she scouts locations like a director.” Locations were a character in Tony’s movies. […]