➊ Host AJ Gibson with Clara Le. ➋ L-R: Brad Bush/Reel
Security, Stephenson Crossley/LMGI, Zach Quemore/LMGI.
➌ Nominees for The OA, Jonathan Jansen & Alexander
Georges.
➍ L-R: Teresa Lee, Pacifi c Production Services,
Jesse Rivard/LMGI & David Doumeng/LMGI.
➎ Joe Mantegna
presented the Commercial Award.
➏ Nominee for Mystery
Road, Brett Dowson (left) & Gerard Petrov
➐ Amanda Foley
Burbank/LMGI, nominee for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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a 34-year relationship with Weir. "Mike reads a script
like a composer reads a sheet of music," says Weir.
"He knows the locations that hold key elements
whose silent presence contribute to the whole."
From Mongolia to the Amazon, from Darjeeling
to the Galapagos, Lifetime Achievement recipient
Meehan has worked on more than 38 movies and
scouted more than 40 countries. Along with a video
acknowledgment from Weir, the award was presented
by producer Duncan Henderson (Dead Poet's Society,
Oblivion, Harry Potter, The Perfect Storm), who has
collaborated on 13 fi lms in countless locations with
Meehan, spanning four decades.
Tony-winning hyphenate Joe Mantegna presented
the Commercial Award, congratulating location pros
for fi nally getting some long overdue recognition.
The commercial nominees refl ected the international
aspect of our Guild. Mantegna declared, "They are
technically on par with the most ambitious feature
fi lms of our time—but each tells its entire story in
about a minute." Nat Geo's Nujeen Mustafa was the
winner, produced and submitted by LMGI business
partner Ready to Shoot in Portugal. Los Angeles,
Istanbul, Serbia and Iceland provided locations for
the equally outstanding nominees.
Known for Barbershop, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Think Like a
Man, and the upcoming ABC series Stumptown, actor
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