Thank you to all who made the 18th Annual California On-Location Awards a success!
We are proud to present our 2012 award winners.
CLICK HERE to access a news release summarizing the night’s honors.
CLICK HERE to view a selection of photos from the event.
Location Professionals of the Year
LOCATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR – TV COMMERCIALS
Scott Allen Logan
“Gymkhana 5”
LOCATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR – EPISODIC TELEVISION
Gregory Alpert
“LUCK”
LOCATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR – STUDIO FEATURES
Chris Baugh
“Argo”
LOCATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR – INDEPENDENT FEATURES
Caleb Duffy
“Hitchcock”
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER OF THE YEAR – TELEVISION
Eva Schroeder
“The Client List,” Woodridge Productions.
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER OF THE YEAR – FEATURE FILMS
Keomanee Vilaythong
“The Dark Knight Rises,” Warner Bros. Entertainment
Location Teams of the Year
Many productions in their complexity may have more than one location manager and various numbers of assistant location managers in the location department. Some highly complex shows can have a very large location department. Due to the collaborative effort involved in the success of a complex production COLA presents awards to location teams of the year.
LOCATION TEAM OF THE YEAR – EPISODIC TELEVISION
Warner Bros. Entertainment / John Wells Production
“Southland: Sunset,” Episodic Television
Michael Haro, Associate Producer
Alison A. Taylor, Location Manager
Trey Neely, Key Assistant Location Manager
Neal Prosansky, Key Assistant Location Manager
Alan Farkas, Assistant Location Manager
Michael Glaser, Assistant Location Manager
Rich Heichel, Assistant Location Manager
Pedro Mata, Assistant Location Manager
LOCATION TEAM OF THE YEAR – STUDIO FEATURE FILMS
Paramount Pictures
“Star Trek into Darkness”
Becky Brake, Supervising Location Manager
Steve Woroniecki, Location Manager
Taylor Boyd, Key Assistant Location Manager
Leo Fialho, Key Assistant Location Manager
Peter Gluck, Key Assistant Location Manager
Kathy McCurdy, Key Assistant Location Manager
Golden Robert Swenson, Key Assistant Location Manager
Scott Trimble, Key Assistant Location Manager
Shelly Armstrong, Assistant Location Manager
Christina Otteson, Assistant Location Manager
LOCATION TEAM OF THE YEAR – INDEPENDENT FEATURES
Dogwood Pictures, LLC
“Knight of Cups”
David Lyons, Key Location Manager
Kei Rowan-Young, Location Manager
Leo Fialho, Key Assistant Location Manager
Peter Gluck, Key Assistant Location Manager
David Park, Key Assistant Location Manager
Neal Prosansky, Key Assistant Location Manager
J.T. Panzarella, Assistant Location Manager
Robert Paulsen, Location Scout
Thomas Carter Schmitt, Location Scout
REALITY TV PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR
CBS Productions, Inc.
“Amazing Race”
Deven Chierighino, Location Manager
Public Employee Awards
The follwoing are awards COLA presents to federal, state, county and city public employees for going the extra mile to facilitate diverse productions in each of their jurisdictions in California.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR – CITY
Greg Garrett
City Manager
City of Tehachapi, California
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR – COUNTY
Tony Martinez
Kern County Fire Department
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR – STATE
John O’Rourke
Humboldt Redwood State Park
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR – FEDERAL
Guy Langman
United States Coast Guard
Special Awards
Periodically COLA will present awards to certain individuals in recognition of outstanding service in specialized areas. For the 2012, 18th Annual COLA, special awards were presented to the following for many yeas of dedicated service to the COLA program.
Rajan Shandil
Contigo Visual
COLA show Producer and Director
Veteran live show producer and director Rajan Shandil has generously given of his time and talent to produce and direct the COLA show ceremonies for 14 years from 1999 through 2012.
John Brown
The Showpros
COLA Creative and Production Team
The ShowPros, led by John Brown, a show technical services company, has dedicated the services of himself and his technical production team in support of COLA for 13 years from 2000 through 2013.
The high level of professional production value COLA presents to the audience would not be possible without the talent and services of these dedicated professionals.
