The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) has announced nominations for the 11th Annual LMGI Awards set for Saturday, August 24, at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. The LMGI Awards honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, television, commercials, and film commissions from around the globe.
The LMGI Awards welcomed a record number of submissions from around the world, each uniquely demonstrating how locations enrich the art of filmmaking.
THE NOMINEES FOR THE 11th ANNUAL LMGI AWARDS ARE:
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES
- “Fargo” – Season 5 – FX
- “The Gentlemen” – Netflix
- “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” – Amazon
- “Reservation Dogs” – Season 3 – FX
- “Slow Horses” – Season 3 – Apple TV +
- “Sugar” – Apple TV+
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD TELEVISION SERIES
- “Bridgerton” – Season 3 – Netflix
- “The Crown”- Season 6 – Netflix
- “Fallout” – Amazon
- “The Gilded Age” – Season 2 – HBO l Max
- “Palm Royale” – Apple TV+
- “Tokyo Vice” – Season 2 – HBO l Max
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A TV SERIAL PROGRAM, ANTHOLOGY OR LIMITED SERIES
- “Baby Reindeer” – Netflix
- “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” – FX
- “Griselda” – Netflix
- “Masters of the Air” – Apple TV+
- “Ripley” – Netflix
- “True Detective: Night Country” – HBO l Max
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
- “Civil War” – A24
- “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning”- Part One – Paramount Pictures
- “Saltburn” – Netflix
- “The Fall Guy” – Universal Pictures
- “The Killer” – Netflix
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD FEATURE FILM
- “Dune: Part Two” – Warner Bros.
- “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” – Warner Bros.
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Apple Studios/Paramount Pictures
- “Napoleon” – Apple Studios/Columbia Pictures
- “Oppenheimer” – Universal Pictures
- “The Zone of Interest” – A24
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A COMMERCIAL
- Carhartt – “History in The Making”
- Coca Cola – “Santa Stories – The Note”
- NFL Super Bowl LV111 – “Born to Play”
- Tesla – “Cybertruck”
- Toyota – “Present from The Past”
OUTSTANDING FILM COMMISSION
- City of Sydney & Screen NSW – “The Fall Guy”
- Film in Iceland – “True Detective: Night Country”
- Glasgow Film Office – “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
- New Mexico Film Office – “Oppenheimer”
- The Oklahoma Film + Music Office and the Tulsa Office of Film – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- The Royal Film Commission – Jordan – “Dune: Part Two”
Supervising location manager Sue Quinn (“Fantastic Beasts,” and the “Harry Potter” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchises) will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honor. Recipients of the Trailblazer, Humanitarian and the Eva Monley Awards will be announced soon.
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