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LMGI COMPASS
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Fall 2022
CONTRIBUTORS
Jared Cowan
Jared Cowan is based in L.A.
and has been fascinated by
cinema and filming locations
since he was a kid. He loves
locations so much that he
proposed to his wife on the
world famous steps of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
featured in
Rocky. Jared is a
journalist and photographer
who has written extensively
on the subject of L.A. filming
locations for publications,
including
Los Angeles
Magazine,
L.A. TACO and LA
Weekly.
He is the co-founder
of My Valley Pass, through
which he programs location-
based film screenings
and leads film tours of
the San Fernando Valley,
Pasadena and the historic
Langham Huntington Hotel
in Pasadena. His podcast,
On Location with Jared
Cowan,
features interviews
with filmmakers recorded
on-site at the locations
from their movies; it can be
found on Apple Podcasts and
SoundCloud.
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Diane Friedman
Diane grew up in New York and,
with a background in art and
photography, began her career
in San Francisco working in
cable and broadcast television.
As a Los Angeles-based Local
399 location manager and
scout for almost 30 years, she
is proud to be a founding Board
member of the Guild. For the
past several years, she has
been the co-chair of the LMGI
Awards Committee for
Television and is a co-editor on
the
Compass magazine. She
treasures all the friendships
and working relationships she
has had over the years and
values every opportunity to
promote the work we do.