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Filming on location in China with Michael McDermott of Gung-Ho Films
Michael first moved to China in 1990 to study at the Beijing Film Academy. After three years of intensive studying he decided it was time to start his career. First he became a diplomat for the US Government and then…
Pittsburgh studio head praises state support of location filming incentive
The head of Pittsburgh facility 31st Street Studios has praised the Governor of Pennsylvania for supporting the state location filming incentive through to 2013. Christopher Breakwell runs the studio facility, which offers nearly a dozen sound stages, the largest of…
Filming on location in Fiji with Nic Leggett
Nic was born in New Zealand but has always considered Fiji his second home, moving there for the first time in the early 90s. He and his business partner at Film Fiji are production professionals and have years of experience…
Scouting across Canada’s Yukon with The Location Guide
The airport at Dawson City in western Yukon, Canada, is a small building about the size of a school classroom and our Piper Chieftain plane has six passenger seats. “Welcome to Dawson City international airport!” jokes my host Colin MacKenzie.…
John Carter creates Mars on location in remote Utah
Utah in the western US was used extensively for the filming of Andrew Stanton’s epic sci-fi John Carter. Rebecca Puck Stair was one of the Location Managers on the project tasked with finding eye-catching filming spots in the sparsely-inhabited state.…
Filming in Northwest Argentina with Pancho Casagrande
Pancho has worked as a Location Manager on features, ads and stills shoots in Argentina since 1995. In 2003 he moved to the Tucumán province in the north-west to focus on filming in the Tucumán, Jujuy and Salta provinces. "I…
Tempomedia and Red Petal get creative on location in Johannesburg for Opel
When most people think of shooting in South Africa, they think of Cape Town and the Western Cape. The beautiful locations close to the small and intimate city are extremely attractive for shooting and the ease with which everything is…
James Cameron prepares for epic dive into the Pacific's Mariana Trench
Filmmaker James Cameron is preparing for an historic journey to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The trench lies in the western Pacific Ocean and at seven miles down is the deepest place on Earth. Cameron’s aiming to become only…
Doctor Who films Western-themed episode on location in Almeria region of Spain
Sci-fi TV favourite Doctor Who is filming in the Almeria region of Spain, using one of the so-called 'Mini Hollywood' sets to double for the American West. It's an area that was famously used by Sergio Leone in the 60s…
Filming with COLA-winning Location Manager S Todd Christensen
Todd was born in South Dakota and shifted to a career in film early on. He started working as an Assistant Location Manager in 1995 and then moved to New Mexico in 2006. He now works as a Teamster Local…