On Location with Jared Cowan

May 30 2024 24 ep. 59 mins 94

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Join us on-site at some of the greatest locations seen in movies as we talk to the filmmakers and cast members who were there when it all happened. You can also find us on Apple Podcasts. Jared is a photographer and film journalist who has written extensively on the subject of filming locations for various Los Angeles publications. His first article was about the San Fernando Valley filming locations of "The Karate Kid." Jared also leads filming location tours of the San Fernando Valley, Pasadena, and the Langham Huntington Hotel. On Location with Jared Cowan is an independently produced program. If you enjoy the show, please consider contributing to help us keep it going. Venmo @ JaredCowanPhotography.

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Ep. 24: Andrew Ullman at Ontario St. Comics from "Unbreakable"

May 30 2024 77 mins

In our first episode outside of Los Angeles, we head to Philly to meet up with location manager Andrew Ullman at Ontario St. Comics. Andrew reflects on discovering his love cinema while growing up in the City of Brotherly Love, becoming the first agent to one of today's foremost comedic actors, finding artistic gratification as a location professional, and returning to his hometown

Ep. 23: Kelly Stuart at Majers Coin Laundry from "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Jun 03 2023 71 mins

Location Manager Kelly Stuart joins us at Majers Coin Laundry, the San Fernando, CA laundromat featured as the home and business of the Wang family in the Best Picture-winning film "Everything Everyhwere All at Once." In what is arguably our most candid conversation to-date, Kelly talks about meeting with the film's creators, the challenges of finding the perfect laundromat, the sp

Ep. 22: Michael Burmeister at Biff's Grandma's House from "Back to the Future Part II"

Mar 28 2022 54 mins

Over a 35 year career, location manager Michael Burmeister worked on some of the most explosive action films in contemporary cinema including "True Lies," "Twister," "Pearl Harbor" and "Transformers." But he broke into the feature film world working locations for two of the most highly celebrated sequels ever made, "Back to the Future Part II" and the trilogy's Western conclusion.

Ep. 21: Russ Fega at Sammy Jankis's House from "Memento"

Dec 02 2021 60 mins

When Christopher Nolan's feature debut "Memento" hit screens, it shattered all structural conventions of narrative filmmaking. We meet up with the film's location manager, Russ Fega, in Altadena, CA, at the home of the film's muddled and forgetful accountant, Sammy Jankis. Russ lives across the street from the Jankis house and has invited the homeowner, Terry Andrues, to join us. R

Ep. 20: Rusty Cundieff at Simms Funeral Home from "Tales From the Hood"

Oct 18 2021 57 mins

Director and co-writer of "Tales From the Hood," Rusty Cundieff, meets us in Angelino Heights, outside the turn-of-the-century Victorian used as the exterior of the Simms Funeral Home in the 1995 horror film anthology. Rusty talks the inspiration behind the settings in "Tales From the Hood," filming an explosive zombie scene in downtown L.A., his affinity for cemeteries, and the jo

Ep. 19: Ken Haber at Ash Avenue from "Suburbicon"

Sep 16 2021 59 mins

We meet up with veteran location manager, scout and current Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) board member Ken Haber in the neighborhood from George Clooney's 1950s-set crime drama, "Suburbicon" (2017). Ken talks the challenges of finding a period-accurate, '50s housing development in contemporary L.A., becoming Ridley Scott's go-to location manager, and a familial conne

Ep. 18: David Lyons at The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant from "Norbit"

May 30 2021 53 mins

Eddie Murphy's 2007 film "Norbit" was a critical disaster but a gargantuan success at the box office. We sit down with the film's assistant location manager, David Lyons, at the Great Wall Chinese restaurant in Reseda, CA, the interior location for the film's Golden Wonton Restaurant and Orphanage. David discusses the ins and outs of shooting an Eddie Murphy picture on location, wh

Ep. 17: Larry Ring at Eckhart Auto Body from "Punch-Drunk Love"

Apr 12 2021 58 mins

We're back for our first episode "On Location" since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. We meet up with "Punch-Drunk Love" location manager Larry Ring at Eckhart Auto Body, the site of Adam Sandler's workplace in the 2002 offbeat romantic comedy by San Fernando Valley native, Paul Thomas Anderson. Also joining us is the owner of Eckhart Auto Body, Mark Cardella Sr. Larry and Mark

Episode 16

Jul 20 2020 56 mins

On this episode of On Location with Jared Cowan, location managers from L.A., New York City, Florida, Michigan, and Athens, Greece, give us the inside stories on filming locations from "True Lies," "Arachnophobia," "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Jason Bourne" and much more.

Episode 15

May 14 2020 64 mins

Continuing our stay-at-home efforts that began in Episode 14, eleven location professionals from Seattle to Italy talk some of their favorite filming locations.