COMPASS FEATURES Archives - Location Managers Guild International

The Tried and True Locations of Amsterdam

LM Robert Foulkes/LMGI got into location managing for the creative aspect of it. “It’s not just about logistics; it’s about diving into the world.”...

Virgin River

The chart-topping show finds the beauty of community in Southern British Columbia ...

The Making of The Essex Serpent

SLM Harriet Lawrence weathers the tides where landscape inspires a story and brings an ancient myth to life....

In My City: Cleveland

2021 LMGI Award winner William Garvey (Judas and the Black Messiah) gives a tour of his Ohio hometown of Cleveland....

The Power of Place: 9th Annual Awards Recap

The atmosphere was electric on the balmy Los Angeles evening as we gathered to celebrate the 9th Annual LMGI Awards together and in-person! ...

LMGI + Image Locations Kicks Off Mixer at the Historic Beverly Estate!

Location professionals flocked to a sun-soaked mixer at the historic Beverly Estate in CA to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather....

TOPGUN:MAVERICK

Tom Cruise is back with his megawatt smile in TOPGUN:MAVERICK—doing what he does best: flying fast and pulling Gs....

Producer Brian Dennis called supervising location manager and Calgary native Matt Palmer/LMGI to see if he’d be interested in coming home to Calgary to work on Under the Banner of Heaven, the new limited series for FX on Hulu....

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

A Persistence of Vision THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES Brings the Past Into the Future by Diane Friedman The Academy Museum opened its doors in Septe...

Fall in Love with Spain

Feria de Valladolid Invites Location Professionals to Fall in Love with Spain LMGI MEMBER CONTRIBUTORS: David Park, USA; Joe Abel, USA; Markus Bensch, G...

The Next Generation: Frances Reyes Bolinger

PROFILE ON: FRANCES REYES BOLINGER. HOME BASE: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. POSITION: KEY ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER...

Confronting Stress

by Chris Baugh/LMGI Your voicemail is full. A relentless staccato of texts interrupt crucial phone calls. Deadlines come at you like dangerous jibe tacks...

And the Nominees Are: A Closer Look

Nominees represent the extraordinary range and skill of location professionals to find locations that are integral to the action, motivation and tone of the sto...

The Gathering Storm: Behind the Scenes with Babylon Berlin

Babylon Berlin, a period drama now filming its fourth season, brings 1931 Berlin to life. ...

BRINGING MANK FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN

PASSION AND PERSISTENCE: BRINGING MANK FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN SLM/Co-Producer Bill Doyle partners with director David Fincher to bring Hollywood’s Golden Age t...

In My City: Tucson

Member Jim Collette gives Stevie Nelson an inside look at “The Old Pueblo”—a sun-drenched city of saguaros and murals. Photos by Jim Collete/LMGI, except as n...

Breaking Tenet’s Global Code

How Janice Polley pulled together an elite international team to decipher Christopher Nolan’s latest mind-bender... by Shaun O’Banion Photos by Melinda Sue ...

In My City: Mallorca

Stevie Nelson discusses the highlights of working on the island of Mallorca with LM Daniel Palerm. Photos by Daniel Palerm/LMGI except as noted Stevie: ...

Working with VFX

He had a hand in the creation of the fantastical rocky formations of the Red Planet and oversaw the setting for the ancient Direwolves. Calgary-based location p...

The Next Generation: Ehrin Davis

They’re young, smart and enthusiastic about what they do. In this occasional column, KALM Paul Messana, a genXer himself, talks with the upcoming generation of location professionals on the rise. ...