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Maryland production industry fights to keep filming incentive after criticism
Production professionals in Maryland are fighting to keep the state filming incentive following a report questioning the local benefits of the tax credit. Netflix political drama House of Cards is based in Baltimore but faced a struggle to keep the…
Filming in Rio de Janeiro with Location Manager Daniel Fontoura
Daniel Fontoura comes from a family of Brazilian filmmakers. He started his career as an actor in the late 80s before moving into production. He has been a Location Manager for the past 20 years. What can you tell me…
Jude Law films underwater drama Black Sea on Russian submarine in Kent
Jude Law teamed with filmmaker Kevin Macdonald to shoot submarine thriller Black Sea partly on a real Russian sub in south-east England. The movie tells the story of a group of submariners searching for lost Nazi gold at the bottom…
Filming Antarctica: Anthony Powell on shooting in the freezing south
New Zealander Anthony Powell is a self-taught filmmaker who has spent more than 100 months living in Antarctica over the past 15 years. He had to specially adapt his camera equipment for the inhospitable conditions as he shot his feature…
Filming Spain: The Location Guide visits the historic city of Valladolid near Madrid
Valladolid is an hour north-west of Madrid and is the capital of the Castile and Leon region in north-west Spain. I'm invited by the Valladolid Film Office to spend a weekend in the historic city and see what it has…
m ss ng p eces creates Urban-Knitter showcase in Santiago filming for 7Up Free
New York production company m ss ng p eces turned a Santiago town square into a colourful showcase for fashion brand Urban-Knitter as a tie-in with 7Up Free. The spot features Urban-Knitter’s Magda Sayeg relaxing with the rebranded drink as…
Filming in Peru with Location Manager Deborah McLauchlan
Deborah has lived most of her life in Peru and has spent 15 years working as a Location Manager, Line Producer and Field Associate Producer for productions coming into the country from the UK and the US. She is based…
Queensland water tank and filming incentives crucial to Angelina Jolie's Unbroken
Angelina Jolie filmed her true-life World War Two drama Unbroken partly on location in Queensland, Australia. Jolie’s second film as director needed the right combination of filming incentives and water tank facilities for a movie with many ocean-set scenes. Unbroken…
Interstellar Location Manager Mandi Dillin on US filming hubs and California hopes
Mandi Dillin has worked on many of the biggest movies of recent years, including Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and now Interstellar for Christopher Nolan. She talks to The Location Guide about US production centres and her hopes for California’s…
Equinox Films shoots new Kindle commercial on location in Sri Lanka
Mumbai-based Equinox Films shot on location in a remote part of Sri Lanka for a new campaign for the Amazon Kindle. The spot shows a traveller enjoying his Kindle as he makes the long journey to an isolated but picturesque…