Location Managers Guild Awards
The Location Managers Guild International Awards are awarded at an annual show honoring outstanding contributions to location scouting in the film and television industries. The Location Managers Guild held its inaugural show in March 2014 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, with honors going to Location Managers Robert Boake ', Ilt Jones ', David Doumeng & Charlie Love ', and the Albuquerque Film Commission '.
Following the success of its first year, the LMGI has since continued to honor the outstanding creative contributions of location professionals around the world annually, currently held in October, at the start of the Hollywood awards season in Los Angeles, CA.
Originally called the LMGA Awards, the name of the awards changed with the guild's name change to reflect the international nature of filmmaking to the LMGI Awards in 2016.
In addition to the awards given for the best location professional in film, television, commercials, and film commission, the LMGI presents honorary awards to a location professional for lifetime achievement, to a trailblazer who has been a leader in furthering the recognition of location professionals in motion picture and television, a humanitarian award, and the Eva Monley award for an entertainment industry professional that has demonstrated 'above and beyond' support of the work of location professionals.
LMGI Award winners and nominees
''Winner in bold at the top of the list''2025
Date: August 23, 2025Location: The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at SMC Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Host: Rachael Harris
Notable Guests: Claire Brooks, Ilt Jones, Don Pell, Actors Carmen Christopher, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Kate Linder, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, and Producer Ian Bryce
2024
Date: August 24, 2024Location: Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
Host: Rachael Harris
Notable Guests: Actors Camilla Belle, Doug Jones, Kate Linder, Helena-Alexis Seymour; Olympian Gary Hall Jr.
2023
Date: August 26, 2023Location: The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at SMC Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Host:
Notable Guests: Actor Tim Daly ; Directors Hanelle Culpepper & Taylor Hackford; Production Designers Rick Carter, Stefan Dechant, & Jeannine Oppewall.
2022
Date: August 27, 2022Location: Los Angeles Center Studios
Host: Melissa Peterman
Notable Guests: James Cromwell, Alexis Floyd, Amy Hill, Kate Linder, and Paul Scheer
2021
Date: October 23, 2021Location:
Host: Isaiah Mustafa
Notable Guests: actors John Brotherton, Jim Cashman, Joel de la Fuente, Lesley Fera, Chris Geere, Aimee La Joie, Harry Lennix, Camryn Manheim, Jon Seda, and Nadine Velazquez
2020
Date: October 24, 2020Location:
Host: Isaiah Mustafa
Notable Guests: Director Edgar Wright, and actors Jim Cashman, Sylvia Hoeks, Damaris Lewis, Graham McTavish, Joe Mantegna, Blair Underwood, Tim Williams, Noah Wyle
2019
Date: September 21, 2019Location: The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at SMC Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Host:
Notable Guests: Director Claire Scanlon, producer Duncan Henderson, actors Michael Ealy, Regina King, Joe Mantegna, Holland Taylor
2018
Date: April 7, 2018Location: Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA
Host: Jonah Ray
Notable Guests: Writer Laeta Kalogridis, actors Kevin Daniels, Dennis Haysbert, Tracie Thoms
2017
Date: April 8, 2017Location: Steven J Ross Theater, Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, CA
Host:
Notable Guests: Directors Joe Pytka and Brad Silberling, author Michael Connelly, actors Amir Talai and Katherine Von Till
2016
Date: April 23, 2016Location: Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA
Host: David Doumeng '
Notable Guests:''' Directors Christopher Guest and Michael Mann, actors Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Milana Vayntrub
2015
Date: March 7, 2015Location: Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
Host: David Doumeng '
Notable Guests:''' Debbie Allen, Tony Denison, Ted Lange, Alfre Woodard
2014
Date: March 29, 2014Location: Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills, CA
Host: Jamie Kaler
Notable Guests: AMPAS President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, actors Shari Belafonte, Billy Crystal, Kate Linder
List of multiple winners and nominees
The following list is arranged by number of wins, nominations, and last name in order of preference :3+ Location Manager Wins
- Robert Boake
- Charlie Love
- Pedro Tate Araez
- Ben Piltz
- Wes Hagen
- Peter Orth
- David Doumeng
- Klaus Darrelman
- Robert Bentley
- Amanda Foley-Burbank
- Mandi Dillin
- Doug Dresser
- Jof Hanwright
- Pat Karam
- JJ Levine
- Steve Mapel
- Rick Schuler
- Christian Diaz de Bedoya
- Byll Williams
- Matt Palmer
2+ Television Series Nominations
- The Crown
- Westworld
- Killing Eve
- True Detective
- Breaking Bad
- Better Call Saul
- Bosch
- Fargo
- Goliath
- House of Cards
- Man in the High Castle
- The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- Stranger Things
- HBO
- Netflix
- Fox/Searchlight/FX
- Amazon
- Sony/Columbia
- BBC
- Lionsgate
- Warner Brothers
- AMC
- Paramount
- A24
- Apple TV+
- Marvel
- Royal Film Commission of Jordan
- Film LA
- Albuquerque Film Commission
- Long Beach Film Commission
- Film in Iceland
- New Mexico Film Commission