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On location with freelance agency producer Veronica Beach
In college Veronica was taught scriptwriting by the former Executive Producer of The David Letterman Show, so when she headed for Hollywood she already had a few contacts. "For the first few years I tended bar at the Whiskey-a-go-go and…
Filming on location in Arizona with Location Scout Mike McGinn
Mike has been managing and scouting locations for film, television and documentaries, both national and international, for over 20 years. He's based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and provides production services for the state and the south-west US. He also works in…
Filming in Peru with Producer Bruno Canale
Bruno studied music at Berklee College in Boston. He then went to Los Angeles and worked around town in different sound-post studios. People kept asking him about shooting in Peru and eventually he started helping them. "Soon enough I was…
Filming in Georgia with locations specialist Craig Dominey
Craig is the Senior Location Specialist with the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office, and is tasked with promoting the state as a shooting location for all types of productions. "I was raised in Georgia so I know the…
Filming in Tay & Fife with local film office head Julie Craik
Julie's legal and financial background led her to the media sector. She was involved in the original project finance for Sky, major acquisitions by the advertising group WPP and film finance for such features as The Last Great Emperor. A…
Philadelphia: TLG visits the home of Rocky and The Sixth Sense
Sharon Pinkenson has been Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO) for 19 years and has transformed Philly into a regular movie maker’s destination. Sharon markets her city and its surrounding area, while co-ordinating all things production-related. Today…
Sand, sea and Black Gold - Qatar as a filming location
Producers looking for innovative new sources of film funding could do a lot worse than look eastwards to Doha in Qatar. That’s exactly what veteran director Jean-Jacques Annaud did for the USD55 million movie Black Gold.Located on the Persian Gulf,…
Location Report: Oxford
A truly unique city, Oxford is renowned the world over for its eminent university and its beautiful architecture. Romantically nicknamed the ‘City of Dreaming Spires,’ it can trace its history back to the 8th Century. Since then, the town has…
Inception includes London locations on global shoot
Inception, the new film from Christopher Nolan, has used a range of central London locations on a shoot spanning several countries, including France, Japan and Canada. Plot details have been kept tightly under wraps since the project was first announced,…
The Wolfman's Supervising Location Manager talks to The Location Guide
There is no denying that Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman had a rocky road to the silver screen, with a change in director just before principal photography, a spiralling budget and reshoots galore stretching over a year and a quarter. However,…