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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10 • LMGI COMPASS | Fall 2024 On August 17 and August 18, LMGI member JJ Levine produced another round of the successful LMGI "Meet the Nominees" panels, moderated by Levine and members Miguel Tapia, Sasha Denisoff, Dodd Vickers, Byll Williams and Paquita Hughes. The ever-increasing popularity of the panels necessitated this year's event be split into four sessions over two days. The lively Q&A sessions featured the location professionals behind the 2024 LMGI Award-nominated features, television and commercials. Guild members Nancy Haecker, Les Fincher and LMGI administrative manager Erika Howard assisted the moderators and worked behind the scenes in keeping the sessions running smoothly. On August 17, location managers from the nominated projects Baby Reindeer, Feud: Capote vs The Swans, Ripley, True Detective: Night Country, Fargo, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Reservation Dogs, Sugar, Civil War, The Fall Guy, The Killer, The Crown, Fallout, The Gilded Age, Palm Royale and a producer for Tokyo Vice fielded questions, got to know each other and shared behind-the-scenes stories and insights into how various locations went from "real to reel." On August 18, an equally spirited panel consisted of by nominees as they share insights with our inquisitive viewers." Moderator Vickers had this to say, "Period film and television series have a special place in my heart, both because I love the fact that they are not set contemporaneously, and because I know how hard it is to work in a modern environment and sell it as another time. Every year, we have some amazing candidates. I was truly honored to have the opportunity to celebrate the hard work of the teams that made these shows possible." Added Levine, "I love doing these panels every year. It's great to meet and get a sense of what location managers around the world deal with that is the same as, or different than each other. I feel with every panel, our degree of connectivity and our global location community is getting stronger. This connectivity is a major goal of the LMGI, and we're achieving it. This year brought the added value of multiple moderators. Trying to coordinate that was a bit of a challenge with everyone's working schedules, but I thought it brought great value to the panels to have more points of view." location managers from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Civil War, Dune: Part Two and the commercials Carhartt: History in the Making, Coca-Cola: The Santa Stories: The Note, NFL Super Bowl LVIII: Born to Play, Tesla: Cybertruck and Toyota: Present from the Past. Said moderator Hughes, "It was an honor and privilege to moderate the 2024 Meet the Nominees panels of amazing location professionals. I am always inspired after witnessing the passion and appreciation shown MEET THE 2024 LMGI AWARD NOMINEES!