From Tbilisi to Fuerteventura to Lençóis Maranhenses, veteran Scout Lori Balton is grateful for a career that lets her explore the world. The first location pro accepted into AMPAS, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, she is also a member of the Television Academy.  She has worked with some of the best directors, and designers in the business.  Credits include:  Heat, Argo, Being the Ricardos, Maverick: Top Gun 2, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, A River Runs Through It, Inception, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Memoirs of a Geisha, Seabiscuit, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 and 5.

A believer in giving back, Balton was a jurist for the 2020 EUFCN Location Award and the Location Guide’s Inaugural Movers & Shakers Awards.  She has been featured on numerous podcasts and master classes most recently at the Shooting Locations Marketplace in Valladolid, Spain.  Balton is the co-founder and former president of the LMGI.  She co-founded and co-edited the Compass Magazine for 8 years. Accolades include the LMGI Trailblazer Award, many California on Location Awards and nominations, and an LMGI Award.  When not chasing incentives, she lives in Venice, California with her husband, and rescue dogs.