Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) today announced nominations in seven categories for outstanding achievement for Location Professionals in feature films, television and commercials competing in the 2nd Annual Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards. The creative contributions of Location Professionals will be recognized, stressing their importance to the process of movie making. The nominations were announced by LMGA 1st VP, Lori Balton. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Saturday, March 7, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
NOMINEES FOR THE 2nd ANNUAL LOCATION MANAGERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS
Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film
CHEF (Kei Rowan-Young)
GONE GIRL (Rick Schuler and Steve Mapel)
NIGHTCRAWLER (Curtis Collins and Mike Brewer)
THE GAMBLER (Chris Baugh)
WILD (Nancy Haecker)
Outstanding Locations in a Period Film
FURY (Russell Lodge and Lee Robertson)
INHERENT VICE (Larry Ring and Scott Fitzgerald)
SELMA (Wes Hagen and Leif Tilden)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Klaus Darrelmann)
THE IMITATION GAME (David Broder and Richard George)
Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Television Series
HOMELAND (Robert Bentley and Deon du Preez)
NASHVILLE (Kristi Frankenheimer and Mark Ragland)
NCIS: LOS ANGELES (Tony Salome and Jason Savage)
RAY DONOVAN (Craig van Gundy and Boyd Wilson)
TRUE DETECTIVE (Batou Chandler)
Outstanding Locations in a Period Television Series
AMERICAN HORROR STORY (John Johnston)
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (Amanda Foley and Audra Gorman)
FOREVER (Guy Efrat)
TURN (Tom Trigo and Becky Beckstoffer)
Outstanding Locations in a Single Commercial
BUDWEISER “Always There” (JJ Levine and Byll Williams)
COCA-COLA “America is Beautiful” (Jimmy Ayoub, Cyndy McCrossen, Peter Orth, Stephen Pherigo)
NISSAN QASHQAI “Fly by Night” (Gil Evans, Marie-Paule Goislard, Beth Tate)
NISSAN ALTIMA “Migration” (Crofton Diack and Mike Floyd)
HONDA CIVIC “Today is Pretty Great” (Jof Hanwright and Jesse Rivard)
Outstanding Locations in a Commercial Campaign
RAM TRUCKS (David McKinney and Peter Orth)
SUBARU OUTBACK (Alissa Desler and Lori Allen)
Outstanding Film Commission
CHICAGO FILM OFFICE
CITY OF LONG BEACH OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING
FILM IN ICELAND
OREGON GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF FILM & TELEVISION
ROYAL FILM COMMISSION OF JORDAN
Honorary awards to be presented at the ceremony will be the Eva Monley Award, the Humanitarian Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Trailblazer Award.
LMGA Awards sponsorships, advertising and tickets are available. Special discounts will be given to LMGA members, business members, AFCI members and exhibitors. Tickets are available beginning February 1, at www.LMGAAwards.com. SHOOT Magazine/SHOOTonline are among the LMGA Awards media sponsors.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More