The award went to the SAVANNAH REGIONAL FILM COMMISSION who
pulled out all the stops so The Underground Railroad could steam
ahead. "As a former location manager, this really does mean a lot
to me," said
BETH NELSON, as she accepted the award on behalf of
her staff, the mayor, the council and all the municipal departments
of the city of Savannah that made the lming possible.
"I would like to say a very special thank you to Alison Taylor/
LMGI and her entire location team. We just had a wonderful
relationship and enjoyed the whole process! I would also like to
thank Barry Jenkins for bringing this beautiful show to Savannah
and believing he could make it work in our city."
PRESENTER
JON SEDA
The Savannah Railroad
Museum supplied the bones
from which the actual railroad
that literally transported
slaves escaping towards
freedom was created, and the
surrounding area provided
the mansions, swamps and
elds that immersed the story
in a very speci c time and
place. The historic district,
with Savannah City Hall at its
center, was transformed to a
city in the mid-1800s.
BRINGING THE WHERE
Commercials tell epic tales in minutes, sometimes seconds—and
this year's entries were packed with locales that grabbed you from
frame one. Mini-masterpieces dazzled with locations in Argentina,
Chile, California and the UK.
Actor Nadine Velazquez (Six, The League, My Name Is Earl,
Queens) presented, along with her pooch Bibi, the award for
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A COMMERCIAL to the California team
for the
APPLE WATCH SERIES 6 spot.
LM/SCOUT MATTHEW DELOACH/LMGI accepted on behalf of his
team.
JOF HANWRIGHT/LMGI, GALIDAN NAUBER/LMGI and BRENT
GAFFAN
provided eye-popping visuals from Big Bear, Los
Angeles, Big Sur and the Sonoma Coast. "I really do this work
with all my heart and soul, and I put everything into it, and this
is an amazing experience to accept this award!" said DeLoach.
"To the LMGI, thank you for the recognition, you are doing an
amazing job and you are so important to us!"
Jon Seda (Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Justice) gave a
nod to his Australian location team for its work on his new series
La Brea before noting that this year's nominees for
OUTSTANDING
LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION
series are as "visually
thrilling as they are dramatically breathtaking." From Toronto
and environs playing for a dystopian & authoritarian United
States and a still democratic Canada (The Handmaid's Tale), the
PRESENTER
NADINE VELAZQUEZ
PRESENTER
CHRIS GEERE
