LMGI COMPASS
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Summer 2018
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LMGI: The Next Generation
by Paul Messana
All photos courtesy of
Hektor Larios/LMGI,
except as noted.
PAUL MESSANA: Where were you born and how did you get started
in locations?
HEKTOR LARIOS: I was born in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando
Valley. I was first introduced to location work while working as a security
guard for a company that catered to the film industry.
PM: Where did you go to school and what did you study?
HL: After high school, I decided since I had no money for college, I'd take my
chances in the workforce and worked a lot of odd jobs. I've held jobs that
range from working in my dad's auto upholstery shop, unloading trucks for
Fed Ex, sales, warehouse management for a cosmetics line and everything in
between.
PM: How long have you been working in locations and what do you
primarily work on?
HL: I was trained by location manager Albert Epps and joined the Hollywood
Teamsters Local 399 as an assistant location manager in 2014. Since then,
I have been working mostly in television. I am currently working Season 2
of Get Shorty (Epix). I've also been involved in American Housewife (ABC),
Insecure (HBO), Goliath (Amazon), The Last Tycoon (Amazon) and Masters of
Sex (Showtime). My one credit in feature films is for Straight Outta Compton
(Universal Pictures) in 2014/2015.
PM: Was there a particular scouting moment that made you think
about this field as a long-term career worth pursuing? Are there
particular people or productions that inspired you to take this
current career path?
HL: I think my work on Straight Outta Compton was very much a labor of
love. Having grown up in a working-class neighborhood in Los Angeles in the
'80s, I was very familiar with the music and personas of NWA. For me, to be
involved in the telling of their story and to have the opportunity to work with
Ice Cube and Dr. Dre was truly the opportunity of a lifetime. It was not an easy
PROFILE ON: Hektor Larios, LMGI
AGE: 37
HOME BASE: LOS ANGELES, CA
POSITION: KEY ASSISTANT LOCATION SCOUT
UNION: TEAMSTERS LOCAL 399
They're young, smart and enthusiastic about what they do. In this new occasional
column, LMGI assistant location manager Paul Messana, a Millennial himself, talks
with the next generation of location professionals on the rise.
