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LMGI COMPASS
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Spring 2025
London Calling:
FOCUS 2024
The LMGI returned to FOCUS in
December for two action-packed
days at London's Business Design
Centre. A record-setting number of
exhibitors, sponsors and delegates
from 72 countries attended the
conference.
The LMGI's panel, Mastering
the Balance: Where Creativity
Meets Practicality in Location
Management, featured members
Benjamin Hendriks, EJ Richards and
Brad Smith. Said panel moderator
LMGI Board member Ryan Schaetzle:
"This was my first time to FOCUS
and hopefully, not the last! I made
some solid networking contacts and
our panel was packed with lots of
great questions from an engaged
audience."
FOCUS panels featuring LMGI
members included Scouting Above
the Rest, moderated by Miranda
Carnessale/LMGI. LMGI members
Elli Cassata/Pegasus Pictures, Zach
Quemore and Zippy Downing, along
with Helicopter Girls co-founder/
CEO Emma Boswell discussed the
benefits of adding drones to our
scout kits. The British Film Designers
Guild-sponsored Collaboration
in Creativity: Connecting the
Dots Between Designers and
Location Managers was moderated
by production designer Caroline
Greville-Morris and featured SLM
Harriet Lawrence/LMGI, alongside
production designers Christopher
Melgram and Marcus Wookey. And
the panel Bringing the Director's
Vision to the Screen: The 4 Pillars
of Effective Location Management
included LMGI member Markus
Bensch, LMGI Past President Lori
Balton and LM-turned-producer
Becky Brake.
The FOCUS festivities continued
with Location Managers Christmas
Drinks in association with the LMGI
sponsored by Supply 2 Location,
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