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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Italian Job and teamed up with local authorities to close part of the Las Vegas Strip for a week to film Jason Bourne. Presenting the award to Panzarella was his wife of 23 years, production designer Caty Maxey. "He worked through pretty much anything you could throw at a person—and he always took the job seriously and with grace. He took care of huge issues and minuscule annoyances and then came and took care of me every day, thick or thin, in sickness or health." Panzarella was effusive in praise for his many collaborators over the years: production designers, location managers, scouts, keys and assistants. Working with his son, KALM JT Panzarella, "was a great joy of my life," he said. He gave a special mention to friend, LM/scout and former LMGI President Lori Balton, and saved a final thanks to his longtime work partner, Leslie Thorson/LMGI. "LT and I did about 35 pictures together. She was the glue that held our department together, and my closest collaborator. I can't possibly thank her enough, although I try. "You end up spending as much—if not more—time with the people you work with than your family, and in time the people you work with over and over become family. You do your best to have each other's backs and, not to surprisingly, have a lot of fun together while working your ass off." "Looking back on his half century of brilliance—locations are always a vital co-star in every movie he makes." –SLM Mike Fantasia/LMGI on director Martin Scorsese ••••• PRESENTER MIKE FANTASIA/LMGI MARTIN SCORSESE EVA MONLEY AWARD RECIPIENT "The LMGI EVA MONLEY AWARD is given to an industry professional who has demonstrated—quote—'above and beyond' support of the work of location professionals," said Mike Fantasia/LMGI, introducing acclaimed director MARTIN SCORSESE. One of the most influential filmmakers in film history, Scorsese has enraptured generations of moviegoers to the streets of New York, Las Vegas, Boston, 1920s Hollywood, and modern Wall Street in films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York and The Departed. Monley was a pioneer location professional, scouting and logistically paving the way for filmmaking icons John Huston, David Lean and Otto Preminger to realize their big-screen epics in some of the most dramatic and remote landscapes on the planet. Her credits include Lawrence of Arabia, Exodus, The African Queen and The Man Who Would Be King. Her ingenuity, resourcefulness and creative instincts set a high bar for the craft. Recipients of the award bearing her name have embraced their location colleagues as true collaborators. Scorsese is currently in post-production on Killers of the Flower Moon, a story set in Osage County, Oklahoma, where he scouted and filmed locations with supervising location manager Mike Fantasia. "The movie was offered huge incentives to film elsewhere," Fantasia said, "but this was where the story happened, and this is where the story was to be told. When Martin Scorsese wants to make a movie, what matters most is authenticity," he attested. "Which is why Taxi Driver wasn't shot in Biloxi, or why Casino wasn't shot in Miami." Fantasia had to turn the clock back 100 years to tell the