“The Last of Us,” “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “John Wick: Chapter 4” had been among the many winners on the 10th annual Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards which came about on Aug. 26 on the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
The awards honored the accomplishments of location managers and scouts who work to search out the proper settings for movie and tv. Special tribute awards had been additionally given out, with Steven Spielberg nearly accepting the Eva Monley Award. The occasion was additionally a celebration of the group’s twentieth anniversary.
LMGI president John Rakich started the night by acknowledging the continuing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
“I’m going to start out tonight by addressing the elephant within the room,” mentioned Rakich. “As most of our membership belongs to many labor organizations, we’d prefer it identified that the LGMI helps the rights of collective bargaining and the efforts of all labor organizations around the globe to realize a good and cheap settlement for his or her members.”
“All the inventive expertise, artisans, craftspeople and staff who make movie and tv exhibits that drive our trade deserve the chance to earn a secure residing…We hope a mutual decision is quickly reached on all these issues in order that we will transfer ahead,” he continued.
Feature movies had been acknowledged on the occasion for his or her spectacular real-life settings. The “John Wick: Chapter 4” crew, together with Simon Daniel, Pascal Ricoult, Antonin Depardieu, Ghaith Al-kurdi, Daisei Susami and Morgan Roche, had been awarded with Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Feature Film. The motion movie was shot around the globe in Berlin, Paris, New York City, Japan and Jordan.
Petr Růčka, Marek Řídel, and Jan Ondrovčák had been honored with Outstanding Locations in a Period Feature Film for his or her work on the World War I interval drama “All Quiet On the Western Front.” They filmed within the Czech Republic and Germany.
For Outstanding Locations in a Period Television Series, the crew behind “1923” took residence the award. D. Zachary Heine, Johan Van Der Walt, Joseph Formosa Randon, James Crowley, and Eduard Klarenbeek are accountable for the present’s sweeping Montana vistas. The collection additionally took viewers to different elements of the world as they filmed in South Africa, Malta and Kenya.
HBO’s hit collection “The Last of Us” received a number of awards for the work that went into discovering Canadian areas that suited the present’s post-apocalyptic setting. Jason Nolan and Mohammad Qazzaz received the award for Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Television Series, and the Alberta Film Commissions and Calgary Economic Development received Outstanding Film Commission.
HBO took residence one other prize when “The White Lotus” was honored with Outstanding Locations in a TV Serial Program, Anthology, MOW or Limited collection. Season 2 of the collection was identified for happening in beautiful Sicilian locales.
Jón Ólafur Lindsay received the award for Outstanding Locations in a Commercial for his work on Icelandair Stopover “Easy to Stop, Hard to Leave,” which was shot in Iceland.
Industry titan Steven Spielberg nearly accepted the Eva Monley Award, which is “given to a person who has made a rare contribution to the artwork and craft of filmmaking via their dedication to the usage of actual areas.” Production designer Rick Carter, who labored on “Jurassic Park,” “Lincoln,” and “The Fabelmans” with the enduring director, introduced him with the award.
Cheryl Hines and Steve Weber introduced the Creative Coalition with the Humanitarian Award “for its dedication to using Arts and Entertainment to advertise social change.”
Academy Award-winning director Taylor Hackford introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award to longtime location supervisor Dow Griffith, who has labored on “Bourne Legacy,” “Contagion” and “Jumanji.”
Location managers JJ Levine and Diane Friedman introduced location scout and LMGI founding member Beth Tate with this yr’s Trailblazer Award. Tate has labored on “Twilight” and “Beverly Hills 90210.”
The awards ceremony this yr was produced by Erick Weiss, Honeysweet Creative and Ingledodd Media.
