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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6 • LMGI COMPASS | Spring 2024 CONTRIBUTORS Angus Ledgerwood/LMGI Angus Ledgerwood/LMGI began his location career at the age of 18 purely by chance—his older brother met a retiring location scout in an elevator and introduced them on The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. For the past nine years, Ledgerwood has worked as an assistant location manager, scout and most recently, as a location manager. His credits include the feature films Kong: Skull Island, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Little Things and the TV series Terra Nova. A native of Queensland, Australia, Ledgerwood has also worked and lived in the USA and UK. His love of adventure has taken him scouting across over a dozen countries. Shaun O'Banion Shaun O'Banion is a Gotham Award-winning producer currently living and working in Prague, Czech Republic. He has written articles for Movie- Maker Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, and is a regular contributor on Stage32.com Stevie Nelson/LMGI Los Angeles native Stevie Nelson has been working as a Teamsters Local 399 key assistant location manager and scout in feature films and television for more than 25 years. Stevie is a founding member of the LMGI and has served multiple terms on the LMGI Board of Directors. Her photographic work has appeared in several juried photo exhibitions. When not in production, she can be found road-tripping and exploring with her camera or hanging out with her dogs at her little farm in rural Northern California. Credits include the TV series 13 Reasons Why, Fresh Off the Boat, House M.D., the feature films 80 for Brady, After Earth, Into the Wild and Kevin Costner's upcoming Horizon: An American Saga -Chapter 2. Corrected for the record In our Winter 2024 issue "LMGI Members Explore the Baltic States," Compass magazine mistakenly attributed quotes to LMGI President John Rakich, which should have been credited to LMGI co-founder and former President and member, Lori Balton, first published in the September 2023 Location Guide. "From Czarist to art deco, to classical, to socialist modernism, to art nouveau, to modern, to sweeping landscapes and UNESCO-designated old town streets; prisons, mansions, opera and concert halls, castles, forgotten factories and shipyards, state-of-the-art repositories of knowledge and culture—the depth and breadth of the locations were astounding," shares Lori Balton. "The organization that went in to compacting so many visuals into such a limited time speaks volumes of the capability of the region's production support. "Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, is known for the baroque architecture of its medieval Old Town. Sections of Kaunas, the historic capital of Lithuania, seem to be fixed in time. The city had its most productive spurt in the '30s, heavily influenced by the Bauhaus movement and art deco. In the '90s, new construction boomed after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rebirth of an independent Lithuania. In Riga, Latvia's capital, art nouveau multi-level apartment buildings comprise roughly a third of the city centre. Riga has the highest concentration of art nouveau in the world!" If you believe we have made an error, contact us at Compass@ LocationManagers.org SAVE THE DATE AUGUST 24, 2024 For an evening celebrating location professionals and the power great locations have in bringing stories to life.