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LMGI COMPASS
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Fall 2019
features and commercials … from tentpoles
to independent projects, and everything in
between. Location professionals are innovative
collaborators, ace photographers and road
warriors. We are intrepid explorers, architectural
experts, artful diplomats and crew whisperers.
Epic problem solvers, script interpreters, tough
negotiators, visual storytellers … we think
outside the box and shift to Plan B in a New York
minute. From green light to taillights, our work is
creative, intricate, demanding and deserving of
the celebratory spotlight.
Hosted by the delightfully glib AJ Gibson,
talk show host on Hollywood Today Live, the
evening opened with Oscar-, Emmy- and Golden
Globe-winning industry powerhouse Regina King
presenting the awards for feature fi lms. Roma
(fi lmed in Mexico City) and Mission: Impossible –
Fallout (shot in France, UK, Abu Dhabi, Norway
and New Zealand) took the honors. King is about
to direct her fi rst feature fi lm, One Night in Miami.
She spoke emphatically about the importance of
locations—going beyond backdrop to set tone,
reveal character and enhance the narrative.
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LMGI Awards Committee gives the thumbs up.
L-R: Rick Schuler, Alison Taylor, Dorion Thomas,
Diane Friedman, Mike Fantasia, Jill Naumann,
Stevie Nelson, John Rakich (in back), JJ Levine,
Edward Mazurek, Lori Balton.
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