LMGI COMPASS
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Fall 2025
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• Comic-Con Panel & Overtime
with Harry Medved
• Meet the 2025 LMGI Award
Finalists on Zoom!
• Locationland digital series
highlights L.A. Locations
• LMGI Expands Its Reach at
London Launch
IN THE NEWS
The Official Magazine of the Location Managers Guild International
FALL 2025
12TH ANNUAL LMGI AWARDS ISSUE
8
EDITORS' DESK
2
LETTER FROM
THE PRESIDENT
John Rakich on the
Guild's true strength and
the community we build
together!
4
CONTRIBUTORS
6
ON THE COVER
Fall 2 0 2 5
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IN THIS ISSUE
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VOLUME 13 / ISSUE 4
MARTINI SHOT
40° 42' 47" N / 74° 00' 48" W
"Recognition is the spark
that ignites the flame of
inspiration in the hearts of
others."
– AVA THOMPSON
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SINNERS
Red dirt, blue notes and vampires
in 1930's Gothic South
Photo
courtesy
of
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
PALM SPRINGS FILM OASIS
FAM TOUR: PART DEUX
The desert takes center stage
16
Photo
courtesy
of
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
48
THE SHAWSHANK
HUSTLE
How a cinema classic gave a
down-and-out town new life,
as told in a new documentary
by SLM Kokayi Ampah/LMGI
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12TH ANNUAL
LMGI AWARDS:
'Where Story Lives'
Pulling out the stops to
celebrate the LMGI's
signature gala event!
Michael B. Jordan