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...
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. ...
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:
Historic Locations Bring British Stories to Life
by Jim Collette
“Votes for women!” The cry emanated from the Heavens, and a sudde...
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. ...
LMGI Compass Spring 2019 Click image to view issue
Welcome to our “Filming at Historic Properties” issue. We are grateful for the support of our members and...
Stronger Together! The Power of Partnership. As seasoned location professionals working in a highly collaborative industry, the LMGI appreciates that our partner businesses are vital to our success. ...
LMGI has expanded its presence in Atlanta with a series of events connecting location professionals and the local Atlanta filming community. Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10 am to 4 pm Stone Mountain, GA....
Industry professionals are invited to attend the TASTE OF THE WORLD LOCATIONS SHOW, presented by the Association of Film Commissioners International....
CALL FOR ENTRIES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE! Submissions now open for for the 6th Annual LMGI Awards to be held Sept. 21, 2019, Broad Theater, Santa Monica, CA...
Reprinted with permission from mandy.com
30th November 2018 By James Collins
Exclusive interview with Wes Hagan:
Locations Manager for Ozark and Boy Erased
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Location Manager/Scouts John Hutchinson, LMGI and Les Fincher, LMGI have been friends and colleagues for many years. Between them, they have covered every inch of “the city that never sleeps!” ...
LMGI presented a panel discussion, "Location by Design," on January 25 at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
The panel featured location professionals Nancy Ha...
Everybody loves Jack Ryan. Since Tom Clancy introduced his CIA analyst-turned-action hero in his 1984 thriller The Hunt for Red October, film audiences have poured into theaters to watch different incarnations of Ryan. ...
It takes a village to pull off getting a rocket to the moon, even a fake one. Based on the book of the same title by James R. Hansen, First Man is the story of Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon....
Co-editor Stevie Nelson is in a New York state of mind with John Hutchinson and Les Fincher. The two have been friends and colleagues for many years. Between them, they have covered every inch of the city that never sleeps!...
Winter 2019 Click on image to open digital issue
As we write, tucked between the American traditions of Thanksgiving and Christmas, gratitude and imaginatio...
