The 12th Annual LMGI Awards Show Set for August 23, 2025
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HOLLYWOOD, June 30, 2025 – The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) has announced nominations for the 12th Annual LMGI Awards set for Saturday, August 23, 2025, at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA. The LMGI Awards honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, television, commercials, and film commissions from around the globe.
The LMGI Awards welcomed a record number of submissions from around the world, each uniquely demonstrating how locations enrich the art of filmmaking.
THE NOMINEES FOR THE 12th ANNUAL LMGI AWARDS ARE:
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
“Anora” (United International Pictures, Neon, Le Pacte, UIP-Dunfilm)
Ross Brodar /LMGI
“A Real Pain” (Searchlight Pictures)
Michal Sliwkiewicz, Barbara Rusinek
“Conclave” (Focus Features)
Nausicaa Cecarini, Roberto Di Costa, Simona Prosperi
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Paramount Pictures)
Ben Firminger /LMGI, Jonas Christiansen, Morten Nelson, Niall O’Shea, Jason Roberts,
Peter Bardsley, Jasmine Burridge /LMGI, Clara Butler, Sam Millner
“Twisters” (Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures)
Janice Polley /LMGI, Joe Stargensky
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD FEATURE FILM
“The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment)
Richard Hughes
“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures)
Anthony Pisani /LMGI
“Fly Me to the Moon” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Maida Morgan, Julieta Rey del Castillo /LMGI
“Gladiator II” (Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures)
Khalid Ameskane /LMGI, Christian McWilliams /LMGI, Joseph Formosa Randon /LMGI
“I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics, StudioCanal)
Maria Maria Dunham, Gisele Prado
“Sinners” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Elston Howard /LMGI
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES
“The Day of the Jackal” (NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution)
Balint Regius, Simon Nixon, Smiljan “Smiley” Tolj
“Landman” (Paramount +)
Dustin Daniels /LMGI, Stuart Berberich /LMGI
“The Last of Us” – Season 2 (HBO Max)
Nicole Chartrand /LMGI, Greg Jackson /LMGI
“Mobland” (Paramount +)
Steve Mortimore, Emily Coldwell /LMGI, Lynsey Cosford
“Slow Horses” – Season 4 (Apple TV+)
Ian Pollington /LMGI, Nick Renner, Stéphanie Perret
“The Studio” (Apple TV+)
Stacey Brashear /LMGI, Martin J. Cummins /LMGI
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD TELEVISION SERIES
“1923” – Season 2 (Paramount+)
David Zachary Heine /LMGI, James Crowley, Hayden Yancer /LMGI
“Dark Winds” – Season 3 (AMC)
Nathan Bancroft /LMGI, Connor McClafferty /LMGI, Patrick King
“Godfather of Harlem” – Season 4 (MGM+)
Chris Banks
“Hotel Portofino” – Season 3 (PBS, Beta Film Group)
Tomislav “Pele” Peleski /LMGI, Dean Lalić
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” (Netflix)
Emerson Espinosa Toledo
“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” – Season 2 (AMC)
Julie Belthoise, Antek Graczyk, Nicolas Foulatier
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A TELEVISION ANTHOLOGY, MOW OR LIMITED SERIES
“Adolescence” (Netflix)
Tom Bartram, Sharon Wood
“American Primeval” (Netflix)
Christian Diaz De Bedoya /LMGI, Kyle Kernan
“Dope Thief” (Apple TV+)
Rudi Fischer, John Galloway, Chris Gormley
“Lockerbie: A Search for Truth” (NBCUniversal)
Leon Seth /LMGI, Toufiq Aboubayd
“The Penguin” (HBO Max)
Keith Adams /LMGI
“The White Lotus” – Season 3 (HBO Max)
Kittipat “Pat” Boonvanno, Monchai “Once” Dajamornrattanakul, Bundit “Bank”Kaewsri
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A COMMERCIAL
Army National Guard: “Uncommon is Calling” (Government PSA)
David Warren /LMGI, Valerie Warren /LMGI
Diablo IV: “Vessel of Hatred” (Blizzard Entertainment)
Thitikorn Sriborisut, Anek Thongcharoen
Lilo & Stitch: “The Super Bowl Commercial” (Disney)
Rich Bokides
Orient Express: “Artisan of Travel” (Belmond)
Cagdas Altun, Ozgur Oz, Bugra Baydar, Gokhan Seven
Stella Artois: “David & Dave” (AB InBev)
Jason Benfield, Carlos Aragon
OUTSTANDING FILM COMMISSION
British Columbia Film Commission/Creative BC – “The Last of Us” – Season 2 (HBO Max)
City of Toronto Film Office – “The Handmaid’s Tale” – Season 6 (Hulu)
Egypt Film Commission – “Fountain of Youth” (Apple TV+)
Film New Orleans – “Sinners” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Montana Film Office – “1923” – Season 2 (Paramount+)
New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission –
“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures)
Chairing the 2025 LMGI Awards Committee are John Rakich, LMGI President, and Nancy Haecker, LMGI. Returning as producers of this year’s LMGI Awards are IngleDodd Media and Erick Weiss of Honeysweet Creative. For further information about the LMGI Awards, contact Erika Howard at Awards@LocationManagers.org.
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The LMGI Awards are proudly sponsored by: TITLE: Film Hawaii; DIAMOND: 5 Star Film Locations, Film AlUla, HC Cuisine; GOLD: Greater Zion Film Commission, Pacific Production Services; SILVER: Church’s Texas Chicken, Hollywood Locations, Local 399, Los Angeles Center Studios, Placer Lake Tahoe Film Office, Production Security Services, Quixote, Riverside County Film Commission, Trilith Studios; BRONZE: AFCI Association of Film Commissioners International, City of West Hollywood Film Office, Directors Guild of Canada – British Columbia, Frames TV & Production Services, Inland Empire Film Services, San Antonio Film & Music Commission, Screen Scotland, Studio Air & Power; MEDIA SPONSORS: Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, SHOOTMagazine|SHOOTonline, The Location Guide, Screen International, The Wrap.
ABOUT THE LOCATION MANAGERS GUILD INTERNATIONAL (LMGI)
The Location Managers Guild International/LMGI is a global organization of career location professionals in the motion picture, television, commercial and print production industries, dedicated to upholding the highest ethical standards. Through local commitment and international strength, we support strong relationships between production and government agencies, businesses, and communities. We promote awareness of the location professionals’ place in the entertainment industry as indispensable creative collaborators through a variety of innovative programs. The LMGI was founded in 2003 as a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation as the LMGA and rebranded in 2016 to reflect its growing international membership. The LMGI is not a labor union and does not represent location managers or scouts in wage or working condition negotiations.
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AWARDS: LocationManagers.org/awards
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SPONSORSHIP/ADVERTISING CONTACT:
IngleDodd Media – Awards Department
LMGIawards@IngleDodd.com· 310.207.4410 x245
SPONSORSHIP MEDIA KIT: LMGI Awards Media Kit 2025
LMGI CONTACT:
Erika Howard
TALENT RELATIONS CONTACT:
Marley Wittuck • marley.wittuck@gmail.com