Tom Trigo - American Location Scout

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My listing on The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872785/

Location Manager

FILM/TV:

"The Box" 2008 (Warner Bros) (7 weeks +) Virginia segment; filmed at Langley AFB and NASA Research Center, see: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_thebox.html Production granted rare access to sensitive, high-security areas including the soon-to-be-torn-down (boo!) Langley Full Scale Tunnel, at one time this was the largest wind tunnel on Earth; road access beside 1^st Fighter Wing HQ (they’re the Top Gun folks who defend the skies along most of America’s Atlantic coastline); and last but not least, the steel megastructure known as: The Gantry, see: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/orion/orion-gantry.html

"Discovery Project Earth" 2008 (Discovery Channel) (1 month) Managed film crew and large scientific team in remote areas of George Washington National Forest. Extensive scouting based on precise requirements of engineers and creative wishes of production.
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-project-earth-infinite-winds-primer.html

"Evan Almighty" 2006 (Universal Pictures) (8 months) Co-Location Manager. Found every Virginia location including the primary site where the praise-worthy Art/Construction Dept built a near full-scale Noah's Ark and block of suburbia.
"The rains are coming!" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413099/trivia http://hamptonroads.com/node/285801

"Father Of His Country" 2004 (independent feature )(5 months) Scouted various National Historic Sites including Mount Vernon, Valley Forge, Maryland State Capitol, Independence Hall, Virginia State Capitol, Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg, College of William & Mary, various private estates, churches, and wild scenic rivers.

"Gods And Generals" 2001 (Warner Bros.) (7 months) My gratitude to a very hard-working staff. We managed
200 plus film crew with 3 units shooting, prepping, scouting, wrapping simultaneously in 3 states; including days
with 2,000 extras, dozens of horses, oxen, artillery, you get the idea. Turned Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, a National Park Service site, into urban Battle of Fredricksburg.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/hafe/new/gods_generals.htm

"Boys On The Run" 2000 (Warner Bros) (3 months) Outdoor locations: mountaintops, lakes, national forests, a carefully executed cliff sequence, railroad scene on a moving train, boat work on the James River.

"Separate Path To Glory" (A&E) (6 weeks) * "Tom Clancy's NetForce" (ABC) (3 months) * "Buffalo Soldiers" (Discovery Chan) (2 months) * "Hamburger Hill" (Paramount) (2^nd Unit at The Wall in Wash DC) *
"War And Remembrance" (ABC-TV) (2 months) * "A More Perfect Union" (PBS) (3 months).

Location Scout

"War Of The Worlds" (Dreamworks) (2 months) * "John Adams" (HBO) (1 month) "Mission Impossible 3" (Paramount) (3 weeks) * "New World" (New Line)(1 week) * "Racing Stripes" (2^nd Unit) (Warner Bros) * "Iron Jawed Angels" (HBO movie) (1 month) * "Lincoln" (Dreamworks) (6 months) * "Hearts in Atlantis" (Castle Rock) (1 month) * "Nat Turner slave rebellion" (PBS) (2 weeks) * "Forces Of Nature" (Dreamworks)(1 month)

COMMERCIALS: Lots of "on the road" stuff; have large location library of roadshots/scenics, mainly Virginia: Lockheed Martin Yamaha; Jeep; Acura; Ford (trucks); GMC (vans); Norfolk Southern; Nissan; Super 8 motels; Mitsubishi; Colonial Williamsburg; Lexxus; Bell Atlantic, MONY, American Express; Amer Gen Finance Group; VA Tourism; VA Lottery; State Farm Insurance; Chevy; Alltel; Miller Beer; Coors Beer; Dominion Power.

Norfolk International Terminal, Virginia

Other movie scouting assignments:
"Big Stone Gap" (independent) * "Ice at the Bottom of the World" (Alan Parker project) * Fort Duquesne (John Sayles project) * "Wild, Wild West" (Warner Bros) * "The Kentucky Cycle" (Kevin Costner project) * "Lassie" (Paramount) * "500 Nations" (CBS) * "Kingpin" (MGM/UA) * "Rules Of Engagement" (Paramount) * "Jackal" (Universal) * "Toy Soldiers" (Island Pics) * "Sommersby" (New Regency) * "George Washington" (CBS) * "Gardens Of Stone" (Tri-Star) * "Sally Hemmings" (CBS) * "October Sky" (Universal) * "What About Bob?" (Touchstone) * "Gettysburg" (TNT) * "A Kiss Before Dying" (Universal) * "Fried Green Tomatoes" (Universal) * "Silence of the Lambs" (Orion) * "Lime Street" (ABC tv series) * "Broadcast News" (20^th Century Fox) * "A Woman Named Jackie" (CBS mini series)

Print: Vanity Fair (many assignments w/Annie Leibovitz);Victorias Secret; Absolut Vodka; GO RV; Lands End; ESPN; Nikon; Das Spiegel; Tommy Hilfinger; Abercrombie & Fitch; Calvin Klein; Versacci ..and more.

AREAS I KNOW BEST:

The majority of my work has been in my home state of VIRGINIA.
Have also worked extensively in West Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Have scouted: Carolinas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, upstate New York
Extensive travels in, and former resident of the Far West states of New Mexico, Arizona, and
Bear Republic.

I'm much obliged to have scouted for many directors...

Film: Francis Ford Coppola Scott Hicks Steven Spielberg Richard Pearce Billy Freidkin Dan Petrie, Sr. Douglas Heyes James L. Brooks Peter Farrelly Ron Maxwell John Irvin Dan Petrie, Jr.
Alan Parker Mikael Soloman

Commercials: Doug Taub Marcus Stevens Michael Karbelnikoff Graham Henman Ron Castorri Joe Pytka David Cornell Rob Lieberman Mark Coppos Peter Smillie David Wild Agust Baldursson

and Production Designers: Rick Carter Jemma Jackson Barbara Ling Dean Tavoularis Bruno Rubeo
Guy Comtois

A personal note: My warmest regards to the beautiful state of Virginia and my friends at the Virginia Film Commission for years of fruitful collaboration. And three cheers to all those places and people I've come across over the years in my travels for the perfect location; from the bustling cities of the East to the wind-swept hillsides of the California coast and all wonderful points in between, yes this land was truly made for you and me and I for one am grateful for it.

Thanks also to Tinseltown and Madison Ave., for the work. It's a whacky business sometimes, but probably no whackier than the minutia of daily life in most communities and neighborhoods across America. The appearance of production trucks, radio chatter, film crews, lights, cameras, and a movie star or two usually draws a gawking crowd, but we're looking at you too. It's also a profession that generally pays well and is as potentially lucrative and rewarding as one cares to make it.

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time." - Clark Gable.
Well said, Rhett.



Tom Trigo - American Location Scout
		Resume
		(+ denotes time on project)

	My listing on The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872785/
		Location Manager
FILM/TV: "The Box" 2008 (Warner Bros) (7 weeks +) Virginia segment; filmed at Langley AFB and NASA Research Center, see: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_thebox.html Production granted rare access to sensitive, high-security areas including the soon-to-be-torn-down (boo!) Langley Full Scale Tunnel, at one time this was the largest wind tunnel on Earth; road access beside 1^st Fighter Wing HQ (they’re the Top Gun folks who defend the skies along most of America’s Atlantic coastline); and last but not least, the steel megastructure known as: The Gantry, see: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/orion/orion-gantry.html "Discovery Project Earth" 2008 (Discovery Channel) (1 month) Managed film crew and large scientific team in remote areas of George Washington National Forest. Extensive scouting based on precise requirements of engineers and creative wishes of production. http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-project-earth-infinite-winds-primer.html "Evan Almighty" 2006 (Universal Pictures) (8 months) Co-Location Manager. Found every Virginia location including the primary site where the praise-worthy Art/Construction Dept built a near full-scale Noah's Ark and block of suburbia. "The rains are coming!" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413099/trivia http://hamptonroads.com/node/285801 "Father Of His Country" 2004 (independent feature )(5 months) Scouted various National Historic Sites including Mount Vernon, Valley Forge, Maryland State Capitol, Independence Hall, Virginia State Capitol, Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg, College of William & Mary, various private estates, churches, and wild scenic rivers. "Gods And Generals" 2001 (Warner Bros.) (7 months) My gratitude to a very hard-working staff. We managed 200 plus film crew with 3 units shooting, prepping, scouting, wrapping simultaneously in 3 states; including days with 2,000 extras, dozens of horses, oxen, artillery, you get the idea. Turned Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, a National Park Service site, into urban Battle of Fredricksburg. http://www.nps.gov/archive/hafe/new/gods_generals.htm "Boys On The Run" 2000 (Warner Bros) (3 months) Outdoor locations: mountaintops, lakes, national forests, a carefully executed cliff sequence, railroad scene on a moving train, boat work on the James River. "Separate Path To Glory" (A&E) (6 weeks) * *"Tom Clancy's NetForce"* (ABC) (3 months) * *"Buffalo Soldiers"* (Discovery Chan) (2 months) * *"Hamburger Hill"* (Paramount) (2^nd Unit at The Wall in Wash DC) * *"War And Remembrance"* (ABC-TV) (2 months) * *"A More Perfect Union"* (PBS) (3 months).

		Location Scout




*"War Of The Worlds"* (Dreamworks) (2 months) * *"John Adams"* (HBO) (1 month) *"Mission Impossible 3"* (Paramount) (3 weeks) * *"New World"* (New Line)(1 week) * *"Racing Stripes"* (2^nd Unit) (Warner Bros) * *"Iron Jawed Angels"* (HBO movie) (1 month) * *"Lincoln"* (Dreamworks) (6 months) * *"Hearts in Atlantis"* (Castle Rock) (1 month) * *"Nat Turner slave rebellion"* (PBS) (2 weeks) * *"Forces Of Nature"* (Dreamworks)(1 month) COMMERCIALS: Lots of "on the road" stuff; have large location library of roadshots/scenics, mainly Virginia: Lockheed Martin Yamaha; Jeep; Acura; Ford (trucks); GMC (vans); Norfolk Southern; Nissan; Super 8 motels; Mitsubishi; Colonial Williamsburg; Lexxus; Bell Atlantic, MONY, American Express; Amer Gen Finance Group; VA Tourism; VA Lottery; State Farm Insurance; Chevy; Alltel; Miller Beer; Coors Beer; Dominion Power.


Other movie scouting assignments: "Big Stone Gap" (independent) * "Ice at the Bottom of the World" (Alan Parker project) * Fort Duquesne (John Sayles project) * "Wild, Wild West" (Warner Bros) * "The Kentucky Cycle" (Kevin Costner project) * "Lassie" (Paramount) * "500 Nations" (CBS) * "Kingpin" (MGM/UA) * "Rules Of Engagement" (Paramount) * "Jackal" (Universal) * "Toy Soldiers" (Island Pics) * "Sommersby" (New Regency) * "George Washington" (CBS) * "Gardens Of Stone" (Tri-Star) * "Sally Hemmings" (CBS) * "October Sky" (Universal) * "What About Bob?" (Touchstone) * "Gettysburg" (TNT) * "A Kiss Before Dying" (Universal) * "Fried Green Tomatoes" (Universal) * "Silence of the Lambs" (Orion) * "Lime Street" (ABC tv series) * "Broadcast News" (20^th Century Fox) * "A Woman Named Jackie" (CBS mini series) Print: Vanity Fair (many assignments w/Annie Leibovitz);Victorias Secret; Absolut Vodka; GO RV; Lands End; ESPN; Nikon; Das Spiegel; Tommy Hilfinger; Abercrombie & Fitch; Calvin Klein; Versacci ..and more. AREAS I KNOW BEST: The majority of my work has been in my home state of VIRGINIA. Have also worked extensively in West Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Have scouted: Carolinas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, upstate New York Extensive travels in, and former resident of the Far West states of New Mexico, Arizona, and Bear Republic. *I'm much obliged to have scouted for many directors...* Film: Francis Ford Coppola Scott Hicks Steven Spielberg Richard Pearce Billy Freidkin Dan Petrie, Sr. Douglas Heyes James L. Brooks Peter Farrelly Ron Maxwell John Irvin Dan Petrie, Jr. Alan Parker Mikael Soloman Commercials: Doug Taub Marcus Stevens Michael Karbelnikoff Graham Henman Ron Castorri Joe Pytka David Cornell Rob Lieberman Mark Coppos Peter Smillie David Wild Agust Baldursson and Production Designers: Rick Carter Jemma Jackson Barbara Ling Dean Tavoularis Bruno Rubeo Guy Comtois A personal note: My warmest regards to the beautiful state of Virginia and my friends at the Virginia Film Commission for years of fruitful collaboration. And three cheers to all those places and people I've come across over the years in my travels for the perfect location; from the bustling cities of the East to the wind-swept hillsides of the California coast and all wonderful points in between, yes this land was truly made for you and me and I for one am grateful for it. Thanks also to Tinseltown and Madison Ave., for the work. It's a whacky business sometimes, but probably no whackier than the minutia of daily life in most communities and neighborhoods across America. The appearance of production trucks, radio chatter, film crews, lights, cameras, and a movie star or two usually draws a gawking crowd, but we're looking at you too. It's also a profession that generally pays well and is as potentially lucrative and rewarding as one cares to make it. I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time." - Clark Gable. Well said, Rhett.