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 (Game of Thrones), Ilt Jones (Iron Man 3), David Doumeng & Charlie Love (Nike), and the Albuquerque Film Commission (Breaking Bad).

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

2023
Date: August 26, 2023 Location: The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at SMC Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA Host: (No host due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike) Notable Guests: Actor Tim Daly (as president of the Creative Coalition); Directors Hanelle Culpepper & Taylor Hackford; Production Designers Rick Carter, Stefan Dechant, & Jeannine Oppewall.

2022
Date: August 27, 2022 Location: Los Angeles Center Studios Host: Melissa Peterman Notable Guests: James Cromwell, Alexis Floyd, Amy Hill, Kate Linder, and Paul Scheer

2021
Date: October 23, 2021 Location: (Held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic) Host: Isaiah Mustafa Notable Guests: actors John Brotherton, Jim Cashman, Joel de la Fuente, Lesley Fera, Chris Geere, Harry Lennix, Camryn Manheim, Jon Seda, and Nadine Velazquez

2020
Date: October 24, 2020 Location: (Held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic) 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, 2019 Location: The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at SMC Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA Host: AJ Gibson Notable Guests: Director Claire Scanlon, producer Duncan Henderson, actors Michael Ealy, Regina King, Joe Mantegna, Holland Taylor

2018
Date: April 7, 2018 Location: Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA Host: Jonah Ray Notable Guests: Writer Laeta Kalogridis, actors Kevin Daniels, Dennis Haysbert, Tracie Thoms

2017
Date: April 8, 2017 Location: Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, CA Host: Rico Gagliano Notable Guests: Directors Joe Pytka and Brad Silberling, author Michael Connelly, actors Amir Talai and Katherine Von Till

2016
Date: April 23, 2016 Location: Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA Host: David Doumeng (2014 LMGA Award recipient) Notable Guests: Directors Christopher Guest and Michael Mann, actors Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Milana Vayntrub

2015
Date: March 7, 2015 Location: Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA Host: David Doumeng (2014 LMGA Award recipient) Notable Guests: Debbie Allen, Tony Denison, Ted Lange, Alfre Woodard

2014
Date: March 29, 2014 Location: 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 (current as of November 2020) :



3+ Location Manager Wins
 * Robert Boake (3 wins, 4 nominations)
 * Charlie Love (3 wins, 3 nominations)
 * Pedro Tate Araez (3 wins, 4 nominations)
 * Ben Piltz (3 wins, 3 nominations)

2+ Location Manager Wins
 * Wes Hagen (2 wins, 3 nominations)
 * Peter Orth (2 wins, 3 nominations)
 * David Doumeng (2 wins, 2 nominations)
 * Klaus Darrelman (2 win, 5 nominations)

3+ Location Manager Nominations
 * Robert Bentley (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Amanda Foley-Burbank (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Mandi Dillin (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Doug Dresser (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Jof Hanwright (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Pat Karam (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * JJ Levine (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Steve Mapel (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Rick Schuler (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Christian Diaz de Bedoya (3 nominations)
 * Byll Williams (3 nominations)

3+ Television Series Wins
 * Game of Thrones (4 wins, 6 nominations)

2+ Television Series Nominations
 * The Crown (2 win, 4 nominations)
 * Westworld (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Killing Eve (1 win, 2 nominations)
 * True Detective (1 win, 2 nominations)
 * Breaking Bad (2 nominations)
 * Better Call Saul (2 nominations)
 * Bosch (2 nominations)
 * Fargo (2 nominations)
 * Goliath (2 nominations)
 * House of Cards (2 nominations)
 * Man in the High Castle (2 nominations)
 * The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (2 nominations)
 * NCIS: Los Angeles (2 nominations)
 * Stranger Things (2 nominations)

Wins by Network/Studio
 * HBO (9 wins, 19 nominations)
 * Netflix (5 wins, 22 nominations)
 * Fox/Searchlight/FX (5 wins, 16 nominations)
 * Amazon (2 wins, 13 nominations)
 * Sony/Columbia (2 wins, 10 nominations)
 * BBC (2 wins, 5 nominations)
 * Lionsgate (2 wins, 4 nominations)
 * Warner Brothers (1 win, 10 nominations)
 * AMC (1 win, 7 nominations)
 * Paramount (1 win, 5 nominations)
 * A24 (1 win, 2 nominations)
 * Apple TV+ (1 win, 2 nominations)
 * Marvel (1 win, 2 nominations)

2+ Film Commission Nominations
 * Royal Film Commission of Jordan (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Film LA (1 win, 3 nominations)
 * Albuquerque Film Commission (1 win, 2 nominations)
 * Long Beach Film Commission (1 win, 2 nominations)
 * Film in Iceland (2 nominations)
 * New Mexico Film Commission (2 nominations)