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On October 11, 2015 the 21st annual California On Location Awards (COLA) will be held the the Beverly Hilton. Once again the LMGA is well represented in all categories. See the list of finalists below the LMGA members have * next to their name.

 COLA is an event of Film Liaisons in California, Statewide (FLICS), a professional organization of film offices that promote and facilitate in-state filming. FLICS welcomes project inquiries and offers a variety of services to help expedite and assist productions.

COLA salutes Location Managers and Location Teams of the Year as well as City, County, State and Federal Public Employees for their efforts in local filming.

FINALISTS 2015

Location Manager – Commercials

Budweiser –“ Lost Dog” – Patrick Riley

Gap – “Dress Normal” – Rick Schuler *

Gymkhana 7 – “Wild In the Streets of Los Angeles” – Justin Besemer *

Location Manager – Half Hour Television

“Modern Family” – Jordana Kronen *

“The Brink” – Jason Kaplon *

“The Mindy Project” – Michelle Latham *

Location Manager – One Hour Television

“Agent Carter” – Nancy Haecker *

“Code Black” – Brian Haynes

“State of Affairs” – Duffy Taylor *

Location Manager – Reality Television

“Divine Intervention” – John Grant

“Gold Mountain” – Robin Kincade

“Street Outlaws” – J Michael Percival *

Location Manager – Music Video

Run the Jewels “Close Your Eyes” – Chris Gutierrez *

“SIA with Heidi Klum” – Dale Dreher

U2 “Song for Someone” – Chris Gutierrez *

Location Manager – Print Advertising Campaigns

CHASE “Private Client” – Dale Dreher

Details Magazine (Brad Pitt) – Brenda Ferrell

The GAP “Hello India” – Brenda Ferrell

Location Manager – Studio Feature Film

“Arms and the Dudes” – Ken Lavet

“Steve Jobs” – Chris Baugh *

“The Perfect Guy” – Brian O’Neill *

Location Manager – Independent Feature Film

“Sweet Life” – Dan Cooley *

“The Bad Batch” – Dave Conway

“The Secret In Their Eyes” – Ralph Coleman

TEAMSTERS 399 ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Assistant Location Manager of The Year – Television

Justin Healy – “CSI Cyber”

* David Park – “Westworld”

*  Dorion Thomas – “NCIS LA”

*  Marta Tomkiw – “Modern Family”

Assistant Location Manager of The Year – Feature Films

Hektor Larios – “Straight Outta Compton”

*  Mike Shanahan – “Lowriders”

Greg Tapscott – “Ridealong 2”

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FINALISTS IN THE TEAM CATEGORY

LOCATION TEAM – COMMERCIALS

Team for Google ATAP “HELP!!!”

*  Doug Dresser – Location Manager : First Phase of the Google Job

*  David Israel – Location Manager : Second Phase of the Google Job

*  Rick Schuler – Location Manager : Third Phase of the Google Job

Team for Nissan “With Dad” Super Bowl

*  Chris Gutierrez, Supervising Location Scout & Manager

*  Ivan Siebel, Additional Location Manager/Scout

Joey Hudgins, Additional Location Manager/Scout

Miguel Gutierrez, Location Scout

Ivo Deranja, Location Scout

*  Matt Cassell, Location Scout

Team for “Ford F- 150”

Donna Gross – Location Manager

*  Ross Day – Location Manager

Wendy Donovan – Location Manager

Alex Hamilton – Location Manager

Matt Prisk – Location Manager

TELEVISION – HALF HOUR – LOCATION TEAM

Team for “Fresh Off The Boat”

Kim Crabb – Location Manager

*  Stevie Nelson – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Carole Segal – Key Assistant Location Manager

Team for “The Comeback”

*  Edward Mazurek – Location Manager

Nicolas Biron   – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Kenton Harris  – Key Assistant Location Manager

* Marie Healy   – Key Assistant Location Manager

Morgan Patterson   – Key Assistant Location Manager

Kristina Santoro  – Key Assistant Location Manager

Philip Fracassi – Location Security

Team for “Transparent”

*  Brooks Bonstin – Location Manager

Jaime Abarca – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Jesse Lorber – Key Assistant Location Manager

Gavin Feek – Assistant Location Manager

Andrew Cone – Key Assistant Location Manager

Second unit: “Transparent”

* Paul Hargrave – Location Manager

* Chris Fuentes – Key Assistant Location Manager

TELEVISION – ONE HOUR – LOCATION TEAM

Team for “Agent Carter”

* Nancy Haecker – Location Manager

*  Melissa Areffi – Key Assistant Location Manager

Madeline Bell – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Clay Dodder – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Chris Fuentes – Key Assistant Location Manager

Eric Mills – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Brooke Kivowitz – Assistant Location Manager

Matt Segal –  Assistant Location Manager

Additional Location Managers,

*  Diane Friedman – Location Manager

* Doug Dresser – Location Manager

Team for “Mad Men”

*  Scott Poole – Location Manager

Kevin Danchisko – Key Assistant Location Manager

Tristan Daoussis – Key Assistant Location Manager

Gavin Glennon – Key Assistant Location Manager

Team for “True Detective” – Season 2

* Michael Chickey – Location Manager

Caleb Duffy – Location Manager

*  Chris Baugh, Additional Location Manager for pre-production scouting and development

Allison Cox – Key Assistant Location Manager

Darrin Cummings – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Martin J. Cummins – Key Assistant Location Manager

Justin Duncan – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Taylor Erickson – Key Assistant Location Manager

S. Dylan Kirkland – Key Assistant Location Manager

* Jordan Schmidt – Key Assistant Location Manager

Clay Valenti – Key Assistant Location Manager

* Sophia Ochoa – Assistant Location Manager

Jenn Kennedy – Assistant Location Manager

Aurora Quinones – Assistant Location Manager

*  Leeann Emmert – Location Scout

* Nancy Wong – Location Scout

Kendra Liedle – Locations Office Coordinator

INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILMS – LOCATION TEAM

Team for “Message From the King”

*  Scott Trimble – Location Manager

*  Neal Prosansky – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Shasta Kinney – Assistant Location Manager

 * Ian Rutherford – Assistant Location Manager

*  Tommy Woodard – Assistant Location Manager

Team for “Neon Demon”

*  Fermin Davalos – Location Manager

Will Ruvalcaba – Key Assistant Location Manager

Nathan Polatin – Assistant Location Manager

* Mike Brewer – Location Scout

Ellen Gessert – Location Scout

* Marie Healy – Location Scout

Team for “Sweet Life”

*  Dan Cooley – Supervising Location Manager

Rick Surad – Key Assistant Location Manager

Derek Alvarado – Assistant Location Manager

Matthew Riutta – Location Manager (San Francisco)

* Saisie Jang – Key Assistant Location Manager (San Francisco )

STUDIO FEATURE FILMS– LOCATION TEAM

Team for “Steve Jobs”

*  Chris Baugh-  Location Manager

Justin Duncan – Key Assistant Location Manager

Justin Harrold – Key Assistant Location Manager

Peter Moody – Key Assistant Location Manager

Heather Gothie – Key Assistant Location Manager

Ayesha Janmohamed – Location Assistant

Team for “Straight Outta Compton”

* Alison Taylor – Supervising Location Manager

*  Craig Van Gundy – Co-Location Manager

Kokayi Ampah – Additional Location Manager

Elisa Ann Conant – Key Assistant Location Manager

Scott Fitzgerald – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Karen Gilbert  – Key Assistant Location Manager

Tisha Jefferson – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Pedro Mata – Key Assistant Location Manager

Larry Ring – Key Assistant Location Manager

Kirk Worley – Key Assistant Location Manager

George Carrera – Assistant Location Manager

Hektor Larios – Assistant Location Manager

Sam Gomez – Location Scout

Jeff Shepherd – Location Scout

*  Dorion Thomas – Location Scout

Team for “The Perfect Guy”

*  Brian O’Neill – Location Manager

* Martin Cummins – Key Assistant Location Manager

S. Dylan Kirkland – Key Assistant Location Manager

*  Kyle “Snappy” Oliver – Key Assistant Location Manager

Eric Mills – Assistant Location Manager

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE FINALISTS FOR COLA IN THE CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL CATEGORIES ARE:

Public Employee – City

Eva Bitar – City of Los Angeles

Karina Chaki – City of Los Angeles, Department of Transportation (DOT)

Mariana Lem & Paul Meza – City of Los Angeles Housing + Community Investment  Department

Public Employee – County

Lourdes “Lupe” Serrano – Alameda County

Neil Pilegard – Tulare County

Robert Malek – Imperial County Fire Department

Public Employee – State

Alex Bryant & Garth Gundersen – California Highway Patrol

Jake Martinez – CalTrans

Miguel Luevano – California Highway Patrol

Public Employee – Federal

Mo Tebbe & Sharon Hernandez – United States Forest Service

Melinda Moses – National Parks Service

Veronica Vogan, Victoria Hernandez, and Ardith Collins – El Centro Bureau of Land Management