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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LMGI COMPASS | Fall 2022 • 25 Rockies, were Dopesick, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, The Tourist and Under the Banner of Heaven. Station Eleven, lyrical, poetic and compelling, with locations in Chicago and Ontario, Canada, beautifully imagining a post- apocalyptic world where art and theater endure, landed the award. Judy Chui/LMGI accepted for the team of Srdjan Vilotijevic/LMGI, Elmer Jones, Stefan Nikolov and Stuart Berberich/LMGI from 40- year veteran of the Young and the Restless, actress Kate Linder. "Thank you LMGI. Thank you for elevating all our work!" said Chui. Introducing the nominees for OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A COMMERCIAL, Linder commented that she had once "appeared in a Super Bowl ad … it was 60 seconds long and had production values that major features would envy ... which is why more and more commercials are recognized as both a pop culture phenomenon and an art form!" Nominees filmed in the California desert for Hyundai's Spider- Man: Only Way Home, the Netherlands for Dutch insurance company OHRA's Don't Worry About Ending Up Sleeping with the Fishes, Buenos Aires for Renault's Megan E-Tech and Liverpool for Rolls-Royce's Embrace the Night. The award went to Crown Royal's Kickoff with Crown. Accepting virtually from Maryland, LM Caprice Ericson/LMGI thanked the client and Lovesong Films for bringing the project to Baltimore, where she and her team were able to capture the atmosphere of multiple cities across the United States as football fans anxiously awaited kickoff. "I truly love what I do," shared the 35-year location veteran, "and I'm very touched to be recognized by my peers here tonight!" Magnum PI star Amy Hill introduced nominees for OUTSTANDING FILM COMMISSION. "They are the people who are the true allies of every location pro, who go out of their way to anticipate problems and offer solutions before they happen!" Hill said. The Royal Film Commission of Jordan for the commercial series Zara Man, the Hawaii and Maui County Film Offices for The White Lotus, the city of Brantford, Ontario, for The Handmaid's Tale, the Kingston Film Office, Ontario, for Mayor of Kingstown, and Jamaica Promotions Corporation for No Time to Die were all worthy contenders for going above and beyond to help the productions filming in their jurisdictions. The Award went to the Oklahoma Film & Music Office for its support of the groundbreaking TV series Reservation Dogs. As the first full-season scripted series to be entirely produced CAPRICE ERICSON/LMGI ACCEPTS AWARD FOR CROWN ROYAL COMMERCIAL in Oklahoma and featuring Indigenous writers, directors, cast and crew, the film office liaised with Native communities that had never hosted filming before. Accepting on behalf of the state of Oklahoma, director Tava Maloy Sofsky, and the Department of Commerce, was outreach and production manager Yousef Kazemi. "I've been with the office for 13 years and it's been amazing to see the growth of film and television in Oklahoma," he said, thanking producers of Reservation Dogs and location professionals Chris Kucharski/LMGI and Shane Brown, who were nominated in the Contemporary TV category. Acclaimed actor and social activist James Cromwell took the stage to introduce nominees for OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD MOVIE, noting how during the pandemic, they all "brilliantly swept us away from the nightmare of our lives to a variety of delightfully terrifying times and places—somewhere else!" 1973 San Fernando Valley in Licorice Pizza, 1960s swinging London in The Last Night in Soho, Northern Ireland playing for the lands of 10th-century Vikings in The Northman, and New Zealand doubling for 1920s Montana in The Power of the Dog—all provided the landscapes for serious escape. ACTRESS KATE LINDER WITH JUDY CHUI/LMGI ACCEPTING AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE STATION ELEVEN LOCATION TEAM. ACTRESS AMY HILL PRESENTS AWARD TO YOUSEF KAZEMI, ACCEPTING FOR THE OKLAHOMA FILM & MUSIC OFFICE