The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) announced the winners of its 3rd Annual Location Managers Guild International Awards last week. The event honored the outstanding and creative international contributions of location professionals and film commissions in seven categories of film, television and commercials. The black-tie awards ceremony took place at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA before an audience of 500, including LMGI members, industry executives and press. Location Manager David Doumeng served as host.
Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Spider-Man: Homecoming) presented director Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums) with the Eva Monley Award. Jeff Goldblum (The Grand Budapest Hotel) accepted the award on Mr. Anderson’s behalf. Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actress Amy Brenneman (The Leftovers, Private Practice, Judging Amy) and director/executive producer Brad Silberling (Reign, Jane the Virgin) were honored with LMGIs Humanitarian Award for their work with numerous charities and their commitment to social responsibility. The night also served as a reunion for Brenneman and her Judging Amy co-star Jillian Armenante who served as a presenter during the ceremony.
In addition to these honors, Director Michael Mann (Heat, Ali, Collateral) presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Supervising Location Manager Janice Polley (Insurgent, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Collateral) and Teamsters Local 399 head Steve Dayan (The Family Man, City of Angels, The Cable Guy, Volcano) was presented with the Trailblazer Award by California Film Commission Executive Director Amy Lemisch and Location Manager Ilt Jones (Transformers, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises).
Here is the full list of winners and honorees:
Eva Monley Award
WES ANDERSON
Humanitarian Award
AMY BRENNEMAN and BRAD SILBERLING
Lifetime Achievement Award
JANICE POLLEY, Location Manager
Trailblazer Award
STEVE DAYAN, Head of Local 399 Teamsters
Outstanding Locations in a Period Film
THE REVENANT
Location Managers: ROBIN MOUNSEY and BRUCE BROWNSTEIN
Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film
SICARIO
Location Managers: S. TODD CHRISTENSEN and SHANI ORONA
Outstanding Locations in a Period Television Series
GAME OF THRONES, Season 5
Location Managers: ROBERT BOAKE and TATE ARAEZ
Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Television Series
SENSE8
Location Managers: MARCO GIACALONE and BILL BOWLING
Outstanding Film Commission
FilmL.A. (BOSCH)
Outstanding Locations in a Commercial
CHEVY: Anthem
Location Managers: SEAN ALQUIST (Los Angeles), ART CHALERMPHAN (Bangkok), DANIEL FONTOURA (Rio), JIKESH SHAH (Kolkata)
