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Some two decades ago productions filming overseas - particularly in developing countries or difficult destinations - would commonly dispatch their production manager or producer well in advance of the prep start to establish government contacts and set up a bank…
Eleisha McNeill: Working as a TV fixer on location in New Zealand
Having been a production manager and then reporter for a New Zealand TV show, I spent five years setting up shoots all around my home country, seeing small-town New Zealand and meeting the colourful characters who make this country what…
Sequel to hit Mall Cop comedy gets first Nevada filming incentive payment
Sony Pictures’ comedy sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 has become the first movie to win approval for Nevada’s new filming incentive. The original Paul Blart: Mall Cop filmed in Massachusetts and was a huge hit so the sequel could…
Filming on location with Production Manager and Line Producer Adrian Pegg
Adrian began his career in theatre before joining BBC Television in 1983 and becoming a Production Manager in the corporation’s light entertainment and comedy divisions. His experience included working as Production Manager on the iconic British sitcom Only Fools and…
History Channel could film in south-west US for new Western miniseries Texas Rising
The History Channel could film in the south-west US for its new Western miniseries, tentatively titled Texas Rising. Featuring a cast led by Bill Paxton and Brendan Fraser, the drama will be History's second Western after Hatfields & McCoys, which…
AICP President and CEO Matt Miller on the US commercial filming industry
Matt Miller spent five years with the Association of National Advertisers before joining the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP). He set to work developing the day-to-day structure and this April will mark his twentieth year with the organisation as…
Filmmaker Alexander Payne to receive honorary award at LMGA event
Filmmaker Alexander Payne will receive The Eva Monley Award at the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards in Los Angeles on 29 March. Director of Photography Haskell Wexler and Commercial Location Scout Scott Dewees will also get honorary awards.…
Smuggler celebrates British movie villains filming in and around London for Jaguar
Smuggler filmed in and around London for a celebration of British movie villains in a new Jaguar campaign. Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper directed British actors Ben Kingsley, Mark Strong and Tom Hiddleston, all of whom have experience playing suave villains…
New York takes top filming spot over Los Angeles for TV pilot season
New York has taken the top spot as the number one filming location for the new TV pilot season in North America. No fewer than ten dramas and five comedies are filming in New York, compared to just five in…
Filming on location in South America with Gabriel Carratu of Vagabond Films
Gabriel entered the production industry as a PA before graduating to camera operator and then on to assistant directing on jobs that took him across the US, South America and to Europe. He met his Vagabond business partner Lorenzo Benedick…