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L O C AT I O N M A N A G E R S G U I L D I N T E R N AT I O N A L 9 t h A N N U A L L M G I A W A R D S 1 9 A s a star of film and stage, Orlando Bloom has taken audiences to exotic locations around the world as dashing characters in the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean films and the Academy Award- winning trilogy The Lord of the Rings. As a producer, Bloom recently extended his first-look deal with Amazon Studios and has several television projects in development through his production company Amazing Owl. He currently stars in the Amazon Prime Video series Carnival Row, which films in the Czech Republic. Alongside a stellar film career, he's traveled the globe with UNICEF as its Goodwill Ambassador since 2009. As an off-screen hero, he advocates for the rights of children in underserved and vulnerable communities, most recently focusing on the plight of Ukrainian children fleeing the ongoing Russian invasion. Having visited eastern Ukraine during its 2016 conflict, Bloom was uniquely positioned to travel to Moldova just a month after the recent war started to meet with refugee children escaping across the border. He continues to work with UNICEF to strengthen child protection measures such as border screenings and the establishment of safe zones for essential services. Bloom is also involved in dozens of charitable organizations such as We Day, the Children's Defense Fund, and Global Green. He has supported initiatives I MET ONE MOTHER AS SHE ARRIVED AT THE BORDER CROSSING WITH HER THREE YOUNG CHILDREN. SHE TOLD ME THEY HAD FLED UKRAINE LAST NIGHT AFTER THEIR NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE WAS BOMBED AND THEY WERE TOO SCARED TO STAY. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THIS FAMILY AND SO MANY OTHERS STREAM THROUGH THE BORDER AFTER LONG JOURNEYS, WITH ONLY A FEW BELONGINGS, AND NOT KNOWING WHERE THEIR JOURNEY WILL END." on voting rights, economic relief, medical access, and many issues affecting women and children. While filming Zulu in South Africa in 2012, Orlando advocated for community-led assistance for orphans and at-risk youth. He visited Liberia in 2015 to raise awareness of Ebola-affected communities; in 2017, he shed light on mass population displacement and food shortages in Niger. In 2018, he traveled to Bangladesh to draw attention to the needs of vulnerable children for the powerful Netflix show Tales by Light and in 2019, visited children in Mozambique displaced in the devastating aftermath of Cyclone Idai. For his tireless contributions to human rights and access to health and education for underserved populations worldwide, Bloom was honored with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award at the 2015 UNICEF Snowflake Ball and the 2015 BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. LMGI President and Awards Committee Chair John Rakich praises Bloom's dedication to positive social change. "In recognition of his incredible work with UNICEF and many other charities where he has consistently gone above and beyond as an active, engaged campaigner for real solutions to urgent global issues, the LMGI is pleased to dedicate the esteemed Humanitarian Award to Orlando Bloom." –ORLANDO BLOOM "