Our Team |
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| PRODUCER | |
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CEO, Producer, Ric Lawes , has the experience and business acumen to operate locally and internationally at all levels. His background in Banking and Finance prior to starting in the film industry in 1986, paved the way to his eventual wearing a producers ‘cap', having worked behind camera (and sometimes in front) in all roles from runner, lighting, (becoming one of Australia's top ten Gaffers) prior to moving on as an Assistant Director, then Producing and Writing. Ric has tertiary education in Business and obtained a Masters and later his Doctorate with his dissertation in Motion Picture Lighting (a world first). His passion for Screenwriting was ‘mentored' by Dr Lew Hunter (UCLA) and he is a produced writer. |
| MARKETING DIRECTOR/ST ILLS PHOTOGRAPHER | |
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Gary ‘Jack’ Clark has a photographic background of some 20 years, having started shooting stills on cruise ships and later transited to sales and marketing of photographic and post production consumables for major corporations such as Fuji, Agfa and Ampex where he held National Sales and Marketing roles. He started his own company in 1997 in production media sales, exporting throughout the South east Asian Region and is now centrally based in the regional hub, Bangkok. |
| LINE PRODUCER | |
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Prisana (Maew) Trachai has more than 20 years of experience and has been working with Location Thailand since 2006. She is a specialist in handling international clientle for booth feature films and television commercials and has run her own compmany in Thailand for the past 8 years. She had risen from the ranks of wardrobe to production co-ordinator to production manager to line producer. She is also responsible for her own productions. |
| PRODUCTION MANAGER 1st AD | |
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Napadol Puntakerngamorn (Boyd) has been working with Location Thailand Co Ltd for a number of years. Ric first met Boyd on the Thai block buster feature film, ‘Tom Yum Goong ', where Boyd was Production Manager. He holds tertiary Film education completed in the United States and is fully conversant with English and Thai language and worked on numerous international productions. |
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Rangsan Chuaindra (San) ran successful businesses in the USA in LA and Florida which are still run by his family. He has many associates in Thailand with 'well-connected' people such as Govt officials and top Generals and Businessmen. His ability to obtain permits in difficult environments where filming may not be permitted is second to none. |
| ARMOURER & SFX | |
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Kevin Chisnall (“Chis”) has been an integral part of Asia’s SFX experts since 1983. With a full compliment of guns, armoury and pyrotechnics, “Chis” holds all appropriate licences and is able to obtain import and export clearances to move armoury between countries, a task that is extremely difficult in this day and age! His credits include such Hollywood greats as Sniper, Bright Shining Lie, Beyond Borders, Bodyguard II and more than 45 feature films over a career spanning 35 years. |
| SOUND MIXER | |
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Paul ‘Clackers’ Clark needs no introduction. His sound career spans ’about’ 40 years and he has been nominated for an Emmy for his work on Mission Impossible (The TV Series 1988-89) and has won an AFI award in Australia. He has worked with Hollywood greats such as Nicolas Cage, Tom Berringer, Stacey Keitch, Jamie Lee Curtis, and on such movies as Bangkok Dangerous, Sniper II & III, Black Beard, Vampire III, Mysterious Island, Lost World III, Beastmaster etc. He is without question, one of the world’s best location sound mixers. |
| IT CONTENT, DATABASE & WEB | |
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Graham Mills (Gop) formerly from UK, fluent in Thai, handled such clients as UK Royal Mail and Colgate Palmolive before moving to Thailand more than 10 years ago. He is fully conversant with PHP, is a certified Windows Engineer, and was largely responsible for the layout and set up of the Location Thailand Motion Picture Production Directory, design and management of the database. Gop also backs up the logistical side of shoots as Production Co-ordinator. |
| TVC DIRECTORS | |
| Location Thailand has access to more than 130 global directors and their show reels to cover feature films, TVC's and documentaries. Please let s know your requirements and we will forward details. | |
| DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| Laurie Gilbert S.O.C. is a multi award winning DP, Asian based and the best Aerial Cinematographer available. He has spent two decades shooting for Roy Disney and has many Hollywood known names. He shoots TVC’s, Features and Sports events as well as a host of documentaries and corporate’s. He is a Sony rated HD specialist as well as all 35/16mm equipment. | |
