LMGI COMPASS
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Winter 2023
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IT IS ALL WORTH IT
Amsterdam has been honored with a California On Location
Award (COLA) nomination for De La Rosa as "Key Assistant
Location Manager of the Year in a Feature Film." Win or lose, it's
an acknowledgment of her tireless work in Angelino Heights.
"Everyone was hoping that would happen for her because
Angelino Heights was her baby," says Foulkes.
Perhaps the greater reward came when De La Rosa learned
that the single, out-of-work mom whose son had met Batman in
Angelino Heights had, soon after the filming wrapped, started
working with a friend who happened to be in locations. The
woman eventually earned admission into the union—Teamsters
Local 399—and is now working as an ALM.
"I was like, 'That's cool!'" exclaims De La
Rosa. Presented with the idea that she may
have changed this woman's life, she responds
modestly, "I didn't even think of it that way.
Hopefully, we will get to work together!"
The location team on Amsterdam was
essential to the creative reimagining of
where the story could be told. The success
of the filming in Los Angeles is a testament
to the resourcefulness of production, steadily
moving forward in spite of the pandemic and a
major location switch. Having to work within
the constraints of a finite list of period 1920's
and 1930's locations in many sensitive areas,
and also managing the logistics required
to accommodate the large cast, Valdez and
Daoussis admit that Amsterdam was one of
the toughest shoots they've ever worked on.
Foulkes agrees, "It's funny, on paper it
doesn't look like this would have been the
challenge it was because there are a lot of
interiors. But this was a challenging movie. I
will look back on it proud of what we pulled off
because it was a lot to deal with."
AMSTERDAM LOCATION DEPARTMENT:
Robert Foulkes/LMGI - LM
Maria De La Rosa/LMGI - KALM
Tristan Daoussis/LMGI - KALM
Danny Finn/LMGI - KALM
Robbie Huffam/LMGI - KALM
Kevin Danchisko/LMGI - KALM
Victor Soriano - ALM
Selso Ladera - Security Coordinator
L to R: AJ Valdez/LMGI, Robert Foulkes/LMGI,
Kevin Danchisko/LMGI, Maria De La Rosa/LMGI.
Photo courtesy of Maria De La Rosa.
Period vehicles, Pasadena
