The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) is the largest organization of Location Managers and Location Scouts in the motion picture, television, commercial and print production industries. Their membership plays a vital role in the creativ
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Peggy Pridemore Photo courtesy of Amazon Prime Video. Inset courtesy of Peggy Pridemore/LMGI Washington DC Metropolitan Harbor Patrol and bring a certified lifeguard with you, and you have to have boats that are stable. We did have a marine coordinator to provide all those different things. "Ruth and I worked via emails and SmugMug. When filming in D.C., we often work more with the producer, director and production manager than the designer. I believe one reason for this is because I mostly work on projects that film exteriors, and the monuments require very little design work!" The Washington crew filmed for less than a week, but it took Pridemore six months to get every- thing set up. Pridemore says, "I had filmed at the CIA previously for Argo and Allegiance. I'm very proud the CIA would allow us to come back and film Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. They know Jack Ryan. He is probably the most famous CIA agent there is." Once Pridemore nailed down the mansion, she then looked for other locations nearby to make their day. "We doubled Easton, Maryland, for Georgetown," she says. "We got the city to almost close down for us. We did a little stunt with John Krasinski at a main intersection of the town. He's riding his bike to work, and he almost gets hit by a car. The driver turns out to be his new boss (Wendell Pierce)." THE WASHINGTON, D.C./ MARYLAND LOCATION TEAM: Location Manager: Peggy Pridemore, LMGI Key Assistant Location Manager: Alexander Vogan ALM: Christopher Carey Key Location Assistant: Sarah Laine Smith area—that a homeowner would allow a big movie company to come in more than once. We also had to have a garden party. It was a little bit delicate because he was about ready to put the house on the market. All was well until the weather intruded. "It rained on our first day of the shoot, so the garden party had to be postponed," Pridemore remembers. "We went back to film the next day, and everything was sopping wet, and we did damage the lawn, but we repaired it so after we wrapped, it was as if we had never been there at all." Pridemore says her house search took her "all over the Chesa- peake Bay, on both sides of the Bay. The Western Shore is only one hour from D.C., but a lot of the eastern part is at least two hours and usually three or four hours from D.C. The two sides of the Bay look very different. I tried just knocking on doors, but that didn't work. Then I went through the Economic Develop- ment and Tourism Commission, Talbot County, Maryland. Cas- sandra Vanhouser was so helpful. Going to all these mansions right on the water was fun. I was driving all over and meeting all these interesting people." She also had to get clearance for Krasinski to exercise on the Potomac River. "Having a major actor row on camera is very tricky," she says. "It requires a special kind of balance to row and keep the boat afloat at the same time. The river is easy to get permission to film on. The Washington, D.C., gov- ernment is easy to get permits from. We have to show you've completed safety measures. You have to hire the