David Yates, the English director of the last four Harry Potter films and the Fantastic Beasts films will receive this year’s Eva Monley Award from the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) at the 8^th Annual LMGI Awards on Saturday, October 23, at 2:00 pm PDT in a virtual ceremony. The award recognizes and honors industry members who support the vision of location professionals. The event will be free to stream, but registration is required HERE.
 
Each year, the LMGI presents their Honorary Eva Monley Award to a filmmaker whose efforts have demonstrated ‘above and beyond’ support of the work of location professionals. Named in honor of the late Eva Monley, who was the go-to person to scout and organize logistics in remote locations for John Huston, Otto Preminger, David Lean and many others. Immensely curious, capable and self-reliant, Eva thrived in a peripatetic film career spanning 50 years. A spirited, innovative person whose pioneering contributions to the location profession inspired the award being names after her. Previous Honorees have included talents such as Alexander Payne, Wes Anderson, Danny Boyle, Peter Weir and Chistopher McQuarrie.

The theme of this year’s program is “Celebrate the Where.” Actor and director Isaiah Mustafa will return to host the 8^th Annual LMGI Awards which honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, television and commercials from around the globe. The LMGI Awards also recognize outstanding service by film commissions for their support “above and beyond” during the production process. This year's show will be produced by Erick Weiss, Honeysweet Creative and IngleDodd Media and written by Shelly Goldstein.

In making the announcement, John Rakich, LMGI President and Awards Committee Chair, said, “We are delighted to honor David Yates whose wonderful films have always made full use of his location professionals’ work. We are also happy to welcome back actor/director Isaiah Mustafa and his comic sensibility to host the LMGI Awards for the second year.”
 
The four Potter films directed by Yates were Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 and Part 2. He continued his collaboration with J.K. Rowling by directing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
 
In 2016 he directed the action-adventure The Legend of Tarzan, starring Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz. Yates won his first BAFTA Award for his work on the BBC miniseries The Way We Live Now. In 2003, he directed the drama series State of Play, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination and won the Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB) Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. The following year Yates won another BAFTA Award for the two-part drama Sex Traffic which also earned him a DGGB nomination. The gritty look at sex trafficking also won numerous international awards. Yates earned an Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special for his work on the 2005 HBO movie The Girl in the Café.
 
This year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 8^th Annual LMGI Awards will, once again, be presented on a digital platform, streaming to a worldwide and more inclusive audience. For a list of 2021 LMGI Awards nominees, visit: www.LocationManagers.org.
 
The LMGI Awards are proudly sponsored by Platinum: Ontario Creates, Riverside County Film Commission, Studio Air Conditioning; Gold: Honolulu Film Office, Trilith Studios, William F. White International; Silver: Cherokee Nation Film Office, Film US Virgin Islands, Fresco Film – Spain & Portugal, Hollywood Locations, Los Angeles Center Studios, ON-SET Disposals, Reel Estate Partners, Teamsters Local 399, Zio Studio Services; Bronze: Cinespace Film Studios, City of Toronto, Classic Tents & Events, Cool Locations Supply, Inc., Directors Guild of Canada, British Columbia, HBO | HBO Max, Inland Empire Film Services, Pacific Production Services, Pacific Traffic Control, Premier Event Tent Rental, Production Security Services, Savannah Regional Film Commission, Sunset; Media Sponsors: The Location Guide, SHOOT, Variety.

For further inquiries about the LMGI Awards, visit www.LocationManagers.org or contact awards@LocationManagers.org. 
 
About the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI)
The Location Managers Guild International / LMGI is a global organization of career location professionals in the motion picture, television, commercial and print production industries dedicated to upholding the highest ethical standards. The LMGI is proud to be the only worldwide location resource for Location Professionals, combining regional commitment with international strength and community. We support strong relationships between production and government agencies, businesses and communities. We promote awareness of our place in the entertainment industry as indispensable creative collaborators through a variety of innovative programs. The LMGI was founded in 2003 as a 501(c)(6), non-profit corporation. For more information about the LMGI, visit LocationManagers.org or follow us on Facebook; Twitter @TheLMGI; #LMGIawards, Instagram and YouTube.