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Location Manager Douglas Dresser: Filming with Tarantino and M Night Shyamalan
Douglas Dresser’s career in location management goes back to the early 90s and hit television drama Renegade. Over the years he has worked several times with Quentin Tarantino and most recently with M Night Shyamalan on After Earth. After Earth…
Gorgeous alters time on location in Czech Republic for new Guinness campaign
Gorgeous has altered time filming on location in Czech Republic for a new Guinness commercial. The Clock is part of the brand’s Made of More campaign and features a sentient clock-tower that decides to impact more on the world around…
Maine location filming incentive plan causes controversy in north-east US
A plan to launch a location filming incentive in the state of Maine in the north-eastern US is proving controversial. One local politician wants to offer a production rebate for feature films, but he’s battling suggestions that the economic benefits…
Stephen Poliakoff drama Dancing on the Edge films on location at Ragley Hall in England
Stephen Poliakoff’s new drama miniseries Dancing on the Edge has filmed partly on location at Ragley Hall in central England. Screening on BBC2 in the UK, the series follows a young journalist who promotes a black jazz band in early…
Les Miserables recreates 19th Century France on location in southern England
Tom Hooper’s grandiose Oscar-nominated production of Les Miserables filmed across southern England, using Pinewood Studios as a base. Key locations including Greenwich in London, Chatham in Kent and Winchester College in Hampshire were turned into France of the early 19th…
Location Manager Michael John Meehan: Making water work on film
Michael John Meehan got his break as Location Manager on Peter Weir's Witness in 1985. Over the years his areas of expertise have become more specialised. He talks to TLG about the challenges of working with water in film production.…
Location Manager Janice Polley: Filming with Michael Mann and Tony Scott
Janice Polley got her industry break working as a producer’s assistant on classic boxing sequel Rocky IV in the early 80s. She talks to TLG about shooting Los Angeles with Michael Mann and action filming with the late Tony Scott.…
Django Unchained: Location Manager Wise Wolfe films Louisiana with Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino has headed back in time once again for Django Unchained, his ‘Southern Western’. Location Manager Wise Wolfe talks to TLG about fighting the weather on location and recreating the slave plantations of 1850s Louisiana. Django Unchained tells the…
Oscar-nominated short Buzkashi Boys films on location in Afghanistan
Short film Buzkashi Boys shot on location in Afghanistan and its tale of life in the capital Kabul secured it an Oscar nomination. It's set against a backdrop of the Afghan national sport buzkashi, a version of horse polo played…
Park Pictures takes Range Rover on location to Milan and Lake Como
Park Pictures headed to Milan, Lake Como and the French Alps in a spot for the next-generation Range Rover. Beginning in Milan, a suave gentleman takes the vehicle out of the city for a spin through winding mountain roads and…