The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) is the largest organization of Location Managers and Location Scouts in the motion picture, television, commercial and print production industries. Their membership plays a vital role in the creativ
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24 • LMGI COMPASS | Fall 2022 AND THE WINNERS ARE... two previous times for Stranger Things," he later commented, "and while it's certainly a bit sweeter when you win—OK, a lot!—I think the show gets better every year!" Most of the nominees for OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION were regional western and southwestern landscapes of the US: Better Call Saul in Albuquerque, Reservation Dogs in Oklahoma and Yellowstone in Montana and Texas. Atlanta expanded its complex examination of racial bias by traveling to London and Amsterdam. But it was season three of Succession's over-the-top New York, Virginia and Italian locations epitomizing the excess of the uber rich, that took the win. Known for her performance in Inventing Anna, actress Alexis Floyd presented the award to location professional Jonathan Knapp, accepting on behalf of LM Paul Eskenazi and LM Enrico Latella/LMGI. "I want to thank the Location Managers Guild, not just for this recognition, but for this event and the chance for us to come together. The pace and the pressure of this work can sometimes blind us to how magnificent this work is. We get to explore and work in the most beautiful places around the world!" The nominees for OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A TV SERIAL PROGRAM, ANTHOLOGY OR LIMITED SERIES with narratives played out in Appalachian Virginia, New York, Morocco, Georgia, Washington DC, the Australian Outback, Nova Scotia and the Canadian COMEDIC ARTIST PAUL SCHEER, PRESENTER STRANGER THINGS US LOCATION TEAM KYLE A. CAREY/LMGI, TONY HOLLEY/LMGI, JOHN LUCAS/LMGI SUCCESSION TEAM MEMBER JONATHAN KNAPP & ACTRESS ALEXIS FLOYD PRESENTER ALISON TAYLOR/LMGI LMGI 1ST VICE PRESIENT From Showtime's Black Monday, the FX hit The League and HBO's Veep, comedic artist Paul Scheer warmed up the crowd before presenting the first award of the evening. "Most people were still stuck at home… You went boldly into the world and allowed us to vicariously visit some of the most breathtaking spots on the globe," he said. "If you doubt the 'I' in LMGI, then tonight's first category makes it clear that this year's nominees are truly international." From London's lavish Regency Period in Bridgerton, the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s in Narcos: Mexico, the family saga that unfolds in Korea, Japan and NY in Pachinko, the colorful showbiz world of mid-century New York City in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, to the visually stunning apocalyptic Canadian landscape of See, the award for OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD TELEVISION SERIES went to season four of Stranger Things, as it ventured from Atlanta and the fictional world of Hawkins, Indiana, to New Mexico and Lithuania for its supernatural dive into the "Upside Down." LM Tony Holley/LMGI, with colleagues Kyle A. Carey/LMGI and John Lucas/LMGI, accepted giving credit to his Lithuanian counterparts, Jonas Spokas/LMGI and Vytautas Riabovas. "This is the third year I've been to the awards show, having been nominated