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Peter Gluck

From the end of 2013, to mid 2014, I was fortunate enough to scout some amazing places in the world.  Buenos Aires, Bogota, Medellin, a little coastal town ca...

Marie Healy

Marie sends us: "I've had dinner the past 3 nights with Scott Dewees and will tour with Robbie Boake tomorrow. It's been quite remarkable to be able to meet up with fellow LMGA members while traveling in Northern Ireland. The light here is remarkable."...

Get Ready for Toolbelt Bingo

BUY TICKETS HERE! Get ready for our 4th Annual Legendary Toolbelt Bingo Fundraiser – a crazy fun filled night of raucous debauchery and laughter - all for the ...

LMGA/Habitat for Humanity Build

The LMGA is a longtime supporter of Habitat for Humanity. Our Annual Build is schedule to take place in Long Beach on Thursday, November 6 through Saturday, Nov...

FAA approves Drones on limited basis

Reprint from the California Film Commission: DATE:  September 29, 2014 Production Alert:  Six Companies Allowed To Operate Small UAS (Drones) Following FAA-...

Marino Pascal and Locations.org

Before there was Flickr or ImageEvent there was MARINO PASCAL.  Marino revolutionized the way Location Managers and Scouts present and archive their work. He de...

Patrick Mignano Film on PBS

Award winning Director, Location Manager and LMGA Member Patrick Mignano’s film, "Absaroka Sins" will air on Wyoming PBS Friday, October 24th at 9:00PM....

Career Focus: Ilt Jones

When I was a boy the BBC used to air a Western every Saturday evening. My dad and I used to watch these together in our small provincial British town. I remember remarking to my Dad how cool it must be to work on a film in the extraordinary desert scenery featured in the movie. This somewhat random notion passed quickly. Little did I realize that 40 years later I would find myself getting paid to take photographs of that very scenery as I did last year on Transformers 4....

Summer 2014

In this issue, we celebrate the alchemy of location work. Rebecca “Puck” Stair’s “Locosociology,” examines the cerebral nature of the scout. We are sociologists, archeologists, biologists: exploring culture, flora and fauna, architecture, history....

2014 TOOLBELT BINGO

BUY TICKETS HERE! Get ready for our annual Legendary Bingo Fundraiser – a rowdy, crazy night of raucous debauchery and laughter all for the benefit of Habitat for Humanity and the LMGA!...

Ariel Penn, Film Commissioner Extraordinaire by John Grant

City Staffers and film industry reps gathered on Thursday Aug 28 to celebrate the retirement of Ariel Penn, the Film Commissioner for the City of Pasadena. She has held the highly regarded position for over 23 years and is now stepping down....

The Bee Guys

New LMGA Business Member, The Los Angeles Bee Guys, went right to work for their new partners on a commercial job shot the San Fernando Valley with Location Man...