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LMGI COMPASS
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Winter 2020
CONTRIBUTORS
Lori Balton
Grateful to have a job that lets
her explore the world, Lori
Balton/LMGI is the fi rst location
professional accepted into the
Academy. She has been lucky
to work with some of the best
directors, designers and location
managers in the business.
Co-editor of the LMGI Compass
magazine, founding member and
past president of the LMGI, she is
delighted to see the Guild thrive.
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 fi lm locations
in such far-fl ung spots as China,
India, Italy, France, Germany,
England, Mexico, Australia and
Fiji. She is a graduate of Cornell
University.
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
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
Stevie Nelson
Los Angeles native Stevie Nelson
has been working as a location
manager and scout in feature
fi lms and television for over
20 years. She is a founding
member of the LMGI, co-editor
of the LMGI Compass, and
has served multiple terms on
the LMGI Board of Directors.
She is a former California On
Location (COLA) award winner
for Assistant Location Manager of
the Year–Television and has been
nominated numerous times for a
COLA Location Team of the Year–
Television.
