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LMGI COMPASS
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Summer 2021
Summer, with its long, sun-drenched days, is here and production is booming! No lazy,
hazy, crazy days ahead for us! With the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine, the studios are
making up for 2020's "lost" year. LMGI members are back to work bringing our craft of
visual storytelling to the screen.
The past year brought home how connected we all are—no matter where we are based. We
Zoomed across the country and around the world to share ideas, information and creative
solutions to the challenges we were all facing. If, as it is said, "Knowledge is power," then
our LMGI community is stronger than ever!
This summer issue celebrates the creativity of our members.
In our cover story, "Babylon Berlin's Gathering Storm," writer Nancy Mills takes us behind
the scenes with LM David Pieper and KALM Mario Wittmann for the making of this timely,
critically acclaimed, international series. Shaun O'Banion reveals how SLM/Co-producer
William Doyle and his team brought director David Fincher's stunning vision of old Hollywood
to life in "Passion and Persistence: Bringing Mank from Script to Screen." Attorney Bert
Krages gives U.S.-based scouts some sage advice in "Know Your Rights." And fi nally, Paul
Messana's "Next Generation" features Canadian KALM Meredith Hodder, a talented location
scout on the rise.
Our columns include "In My City" with Jim Collette giving us a tour of "The Old Pueblo"—
Arizona's vibrant city of Tucson. Daniel Palerm gives us another fabulous view of magical
Mallorca in our "Martini Shot." And "In the News" reports on the recent LMGI Board election
results and the LMGI Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee's joint Zoom panel with the
Red Nation Celebration Institute on "The Women of Power Below the Line."
Until next time,
Stevie Nelson, Paul Messana, Ken Haber, Diane Friedman
FROM THE
EDITORS' DESK
"Innovation comes
only from readily and
seamlessly sharing
information rather than
hoarding it."
–TOM PETERS
