LMGI COMPASS
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Winter 2026
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• LMGI Joins Forces with the
Austin Film Commission
• The First UK Location Manager
Awards
• In Memoriam
• LM Ross Brodar/LMGI Is
Featured on the BBC
• A Scout's Gaze: David
Graham/LMGI Sees Cinema
in the Everyday
IN THE NEWS
The Official Magazine of the Location Managers Guild International
WINTER 2026
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EDITORS' DESK
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LETTER FROM
THE PRESIDENT
John Rakich reminds us that
locations aren't just where
stories are filmed. They are
where imagination becomes
real.
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CONTRIBUTORS
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ON THE COVER
Winter 2 0 2 6
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IN THIS ISSUE
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VOLUME 14 / ISSUE 1
MARTINI SHOT
38° 04' 09" N / 122° 48' 25" W
"A holiday gives one a
chance to look backward
and forward, to reset oneself
by an inner compass."
–MAY SARTON
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ONE BATTLE
AFTER ANOTHER
On-the-Run with SLM Michael
Glaser and Team in Paul Thomas
Anderson's Epic Saga
Photo
courtesy
of
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
GLOBAL GUILD, LOCAL
CAPITAL FAM TOUR:
Discovering Canberra
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Photo
courtesy
of
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
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SEEN BEFORE
THE SCENE
A Location Scout's View: NYC
Location Scouts participate
in Photoville Festival 2025
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READING, PA
FAM TOUR:
Pulling out the stops to
showcase the Reel
Potential of Berks County/
Reading, Pennsylvania.
Leo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another
