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Up Schitt’s Creek

Seven years ago, LM Geoffrey Smither/LMGI got a phone call from producer Colin Brunton asking if he would be available to work on a new series with Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara?...

Compass Winter 2020

Click image to view Winter 2020 issue   We ring in the holidays and usher in a new decade with Nancy Mill’s insightful cover story on Greta Gerwig’s...

LMGI In FOCUS: London

FOCUS: the Meeting Place for International Productionbroke all of its attendance records, a 30% increase over 2018,  and the Guild was front and center.  LMGI B...

Set-Jetting

The practice of visiting places used as  filming locations in movies and television production by Judy Schultz In choosing desti...

LMGI Awards Rock the House

by Lori Balton Photos by Craig T. Mathew and Greg Grudt/Mathew Imaging We are proud to celebrate the only global awards show dedicated solely to our craft. Ar...

Winners Announced: 6th Annual LMGI Awards

The Location Managers Guild International announced the winners of its 6th Annual LMGI Awards, honoring outstanding creative contributions of film commissions and location professionals in film, television and commercials from around the world....

6th Annual LMGI Awards Nominees

Nominations recognize outstanding contributions of location professionals in feature films, television and commercial advertising.  ...

Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood

For Quentin Tarantino’s very personal film, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, opening later this month, Hollywood 2018 was transformed into Hollywood 1969...

The S.W.A.T. Location Department

Making the Impossible Possible by Shaun O’Banion Shawn Ryan (The Shield) had been a fan of the original series and approached Moritz about developing a new ...

Scouting at New Heights

LMGI ‘Aspires’ at Manhattan’s One World Observatory by Les Fincher Photo courtesy of Les Fincher In March, Guild members attended the World Trade Center F...

LMGI Rocks Sundance

Our third year at the Sundance Film Festival featured the 2019 LMGI panel “Location by Design” attended by location and production professionals, film commissioners and next-gen filmmakers. ...

Sense and Sensibility

Filming at Historic Properties: Frank Gehry, noted architect, sums it up best, “Architecture should speak of its time and its place, but yearn for timelessness.”...

Flying Down to Whitehall

Flying Down to Whitehall: Historic Locations Bring British Stories to Life  by Jim Collette “Votes for women!” The cry emanated from the Heavens, and a sudde...

South of the Border

Finding 30 locations for Roma, which received 10 Oscar nominations and won three Oscars, was an enormous challenge for Horacio Rodriguez, LMGI and his location team. ...