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LMGI COMPASS
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Summer 2019
CONTRIBUTORS
Evan Peller
Evan Peller is an award-
winning photographer, location
manager and world traveler,
living in Los Angeles. As a
location manager, Evan always
has his eye on the shot. He
captures the moment by
seeing, not looking. Whether
it's locals at the Floating Market
in Thailand, or a leopard on a
morning stroll in S. Africa, Evan
brings the viewer into the scene
with him. Evan has worked
on feature films such as She's
All That, Fracture and Donnie
Darko. His television credits
include MadTV, Workaholics
and Key and Peele.
We welcome
contributions to
the LMGI Compass.
Your story ideas,
articles, and
photography belong
on these pages and
on our website.
Articles focus on
aspects of location
management and
scouting.
Photographs for the
"Martini Shot" are
exemplary location
shots, with an
evocative, artistic
component that take
it up a notch …
a hero shot in a
VERTICAL orientation.
Please send
submissions to
compass@
locationmanagers.org
Shaun O'Banion
Shaun O'Banion is a Gotham
Award-winning producer
currently living and working in
Prague, Czech Republic. He has
written articles for MovieMaker
Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine,
and is a regular contributor on
Stage32.com
Paul Messana
Paul first became interested
in location scouting while he
was an undergrad at Pitzer
College. He worked summer
positions and took independent
courses that supplemented
learning about the field,
including working on a thesis
documentary project about
location scouting in the Faroe
Islands. Upon graduation, Paul
worked under Joan Aguado at
the South Pasadena Film Office
of his hometown and through
that position, he was introduced
to location managers and more
opportunities in the field. He
has since been working as an
assistant location manager and
scout on This Is Us, Modern
Family & LA to Vegas. His love
for Los Angeles and creative eye
inspire him to work on bigger
projects and he can't wait for
what is next.
Nancy Mills
Nancy Mills is a freelance
entertainment writer whose
work has appeared in dozens
of magazines and newspapers
around the world, including USA
Today, USA Weekend magazine,
Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly,
People, Cosmopolitan, Elle, The
Costco Connection, Los Angeles
Times, Chicago Tribune, New
York Daily News, The Guardian,
International Herald Tribune and
The New York Times Syndicate.
Over the years, she has visited
hundreds of TV and film locations
in such far-flung spots as China,
India, Italy, France, Germany,
England, Mexico, Australia and
Fiji. She is a graduate of Cornell
University.
