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“Paradise” Supervising Location Manager Duffy Taylor on Building a Post‑Apocalyptic World—Without Leaving California

“Los Angeles is an incredibly diverse place where we can duplicate all different types of geography," says "Paradise" supervising location manager Duffy Taylor. "When we pull that off—and someone who’s been filming here forever says, ‘Oh my God, I never knew this was here!’—that’s a gold medal moment for me.”

By Su Fang Tham  |  March 31, 2026

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Location Scout

“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” Location Manager Sarah Brady Stack on Finding The Boss’s New Jersey

For writer-director Scott Cooper’s making-of-an-album drama about one of America’s most enduring rock icons, finding the ideal location was a no-brainer, since Bruce Springsteen’s image and identity are inseparable from the Garden State. “Springsteen is like the New Jersey guy. If you’re gonna make a movie about him, it has to be in New Jersey, which is a character in its own in this film,” says the location manager for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,

By Su Fang Tham  |  October 21, 2025

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Heading Abroad With Charlie’s Angels Location Manager

After a sixteen-year hiatus, the sorority, camaraderie, and crime-fighting of Charlie’s Angels is back, newly helmed by Elizabeth Banks, who also wrote the script and plays one of the movie’s chief supporting roles. No longer reporting to a Los Angeles-based Charlie, the Angels are taking on lawlessness around the globe for the Townsend Agency, supported by a gaggle of Bosleys (played by Patrick Stewart, Djimon Hounsou, and Banks). At the heart of the caper is Elena (Naomi Scott),

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  December 3, 2019