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LMGI COMPASS
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Spring 2023
This year marks the Guild's 20th-year anniversary and the LMGI Compass magazine's 10th
year of publication in this format! Much has changed since we grew from the seed of an
idea sown by a group of Los Angeles scouts and managers into an international family that
supports and celebrates the accomplishments of its members.
The one thing that has remained constant over the years is our members' passion for
bringing stories to life. It's a theme that surfaces every time we ask our members, "What do
you love most about your job? Why do you do what you do?"
Stories make sense of our world. They entertain us; they preserve history and experience.
A well-crafted story can move our hearts, encourage us to follow our dreams, and even
inspire us to be and do better. The features in this issue are all about what we as location
professionals do to imagine how and where to tell those stories.
In our cover story, "
The Fabelmans: A Mostly True Fable," Shaun O' Banion talks with SLM
Leann Emmert about the unique challenge of mining Steven Spielberg's memory to bring
his early life story to the screen.
Scout Les Fincher waxes poetic about his and Hollywood's love affair with the NYC skyline.
In his photo essay, "Top of the World: Scouting the Skyscrapers of NYC," he shares how the
drama of being high in the sky shapes action, mood and character.
And in "Desert Blooms," Rachel Llewellyn reports on LM's Kim Dillinger Davis and Andrea
Keener's trip to Jordan where they mentored the next generation of location professional
storytellers.
"In the News" reports on the California On Location Awards (COLA's), the Atlanta holiday
party, Fam Tours to Spain and Portugal, the LMGI's participation in the Cherokee Film Summit
in Georgia and two spectacular venues in New York that hosted location professionals
with lavish receptions. We offer a preview of the upcoming WORLD OF LOOKS — a photo
exhibition presenting the work of location scouts that opens June 1 in Vancouver.
In our "Martini Shot," LM Sabine Schulmeyer shares a photo taken from the Portugal Fam
Tour.
Until next time,
Stevie Nelson, Diane Friedman, Paul Messana, Edward Mazurek, Dodd Vickers
FROM THE
EDITORS' DESK
"We are, as a species,
addicted to story. Even
when the body goes to
sleep, the mind stays
up all night, telling itself
stories."
–LISA CRON, Wired for Story