Location Manager John Panzarella to receive LMGI lifetime achievement award

Written by Kianna Best on Jul 7, 2022. Posted in Awards and Festivals

Acclaimed location manager John Panzarella is set to receive the esteemed LMGI lifetime achievement award. Credited for more than 50 movies, Panzarella is known for transforming Los Angeles backdrops into any foreign setting. Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) president and awards committee chair John Rakich made the announcement on 6 July 2022. The recipient will be celebrated at this year’s awards show on 27 August which is returning live to the Los Angeles Centre Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Film AlUla partners with Creative Media Skills Institute for film industry training camp

Written by The Location Guide on Feb 11, 2022. Posted in General Interest

Film AlUla - the Royal Commission for AlUla’s film agency - has partnered with the UK’s Creative Media Skills Institute to deliver a 10-day film industry bootcamp in Saudi Arabia. Launching in March 2022, the scheme will prepare 25 local trainees from AlUla to follow careers in Production and Assistant Directing as well as the Art, Locations, Costume, Make-up and Hair departments. This training programme is led by award-winning film professionals and hosted in the stunning landscape of AlUla, home to the UNESCO World Heritage site Hegra.

TLG speaks to Concha Diaz from Tenerife Film Commission

Written by Shona Smith on Aug 24, 2020. Posted in Interviews

As the Tenerife Film Commission celebrates its twentieth anniversary Film Commissioner Concha Diaz reflects on its past successes, and what the new 50% rebate will mean for the future of production in the Canary Islands.

FOCUS 2017 report: looking back at the global production event

Written by Tim Dams on Feb 23, 2018. Posted in Awards and Festivals / General Interest

From high-end TV dramas such as The Night Manager, The Crown and Game of Thrones to big budget movies such as Star Wars: The Last Jedi or Justice League, there has been a well-documented boom in international production in recent years.

Our biggest FOCUS event to date saw a big growth in UK participation

Written by Tim Dams on Dec 14, 2017. Posted in Awards and Festivals / General Interest

There was a strong contingent representing the UK at this year’s FOCUS show, the meeting place for international production. Local and national screen agencies through to production services companies, location providers and production technology firms were among the UK exhibitors, many of them based in a dedicated UK Focus zone at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

Nominations revealed for the 4th annual LMGI Awards

Written by Tom Deehan on Feb 23, 2017. Posted in General Interest

The nominations for the 4th annual Location Managers Guild International Awards have been announced. The ceremony will take place, April 8th at the Steven J. Ross Theatre, located at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.

Stranger Things and Denzel Washington score surprise wins at the 2017 SAG awards

Written by Tom Deehan on Jan 30, 2017. Posted in General Interest

Netflix’s homage to 1980’s science-fiction, Stranger Things, was this year’s surprise TV winner at the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards, taking home the accolade for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. The new series brought an end to Downton Abbey’s two year winning streak at SAG.

North-West London offers 1940s backdrop for Brad Pitt’s Allied

Written by Tom Deehan on Nov 22, 2016. Posted in On Location / Production News

Christchurch Hill in North-West London features as a major location in Robert Zemeckis’s war-time drama Allied, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. The production took over the London street in March 2016 before visiting Hampstead Heath and Blythe House in West Kensington.