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    • Wesley Hagan, location manager

    Michael Curtin, Kevin Sanson

    Chapter from the book: Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood.

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    Wesley Hagan has worked as a location manager for number of Hollywood studios over his twenty-year career, most recently on the feature films Hidden Figures and Selma. In this conversation, Hagan breaks down the responsibilities of a location manager, the shift in productions from Hollywood to Atlanta, and the increasing importance of location managers in a mobile production environment.

    Disciplines:

    Media studies Social science 

    Keywords:

    Working conditions Organized labor Atlanta Production incentives Local hires Production logistics Location manager Budgets CGI Work rules 

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    Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Wesley Hagan, location manager. In: Curtin M. & Sanson K, Voices of Labor. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.s
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    Published on March 3, 2017

    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.s