The submission period for the 5th Annual LMGI Awards Show is now open!
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Thank you to those who attended our annual holiday party last Sunday. The festive event took place at the hot new Wilshire Grand Center in Downtown Los Angeles....
LMGI Member and rock star Location Manager Leann Emmert was tapped by Microsoft to star in an ad for Microsoft Surface Pro.
The old joke goes that those of us ...
Legendary Hollywood location scout Lori Balton shows us some of her favorite hidden Los Angeles spots,
some of which aren't available to the everyday public....
LMGI Business Member, the Utah Film Office, is having a photo contest and has invited all scouts to participate.
“Do Your Photos tell a Story?” is the theme of...
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The LMGI is fast becoming the town square for location professionals around the world. We seek to continually expand our global vill...
When Emma Pill was offered the job as supervising location manager on Blade Runner 2049, her first thought was not “Blade Runner is a classic film. How can I possibly live up to its memory?”...
It’s Saturday afternoon in the City of Angels, and while I wait for location managers John Panzarella and Leslie Thorson at the corner of Santa Monica and La Brea, decent citizens run their weekend errands....
Jonathan “JJ” Hook may not have a magnifying glass, but every film he’s worked on — roughly 40 and counting — he joins the director in scrutinizing every scene in every script and concludes to the best of his ability: Where should this be shot?...
Finding locations can sometimes prove dangerous—climbing mountains, crawling over rocks, entering destroyed buildings. Seldom does it involve encounters with AK-47s or hippopotamuses—unless your name is Deon du Preez, LMGI....
(Back row from left) Matt Chamberlin, Ken Haber, Dorion Thomas, Phill Kane, Kokayi Ampah, Mario Ramirez, Wes Hagan, Mike Fantasia, Mac Gordon, Dan Taylor, ...