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Spring 2026
Imre Legman/LMGI, Hungary
Imre went on a fascinating journey before becoming a supervising
location manager, including being a member of the Hungarian BMX team,
winning a silver medal at the BMX World Championship, and as an artiste
in Puerto Rico with the Hungarian National Circus. Since then, he's
worked on a huge variety of projects, including the feature
Mudbound
and the TV series Treadstone, FBI International, Seasons 1-4 and The
Crown.
"I believe that a very important part of a location manager's job
is to understand and tune in to the creator's vision. If you can do that,
it's one of the most interesting and versatile jobs in the film industry."
The Debt
Legman and Beliczai have worked together on several projects,
including Strike Back and the spy thriller movie The Debt, starring
Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington.
For the latter, Legman and Beliczai needed to find a striking train
line location to double for East Berlin in the 1960s for an important
scene in which the protagonists escape from East to West Berlin.
The scene and location were so important that the production
team sent the scriptwriter to Hungary to adapt the script to the
chosen place. After some thought and scouting, they went with
the Istvantelek train station.
Istvantelek train station, Hungary (Before).
Photo by Imre Legman/LMGI
