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Green Is Good
Mexico - Central America
Locations defined by attitude, control, and results.
"Our location archive is built on over 20 years of hands on scouting across Mexico. Ensuring spaces are curated to serve fashion narratives that demand precision, with locations defined by attitude, proportion, texture, and mood, and selected to translate creative direction with clarity on set.
Bespoke locations with Green Is Good: We combine a highly detailed location archive with on-the-ground execution expertise and direct relationships with owners and location management to secure locations efficiently and deliver with control, clarity, and results."
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Paraiso Productions
Canary Islands - Spain
Paraiso Productions is a full-service production company photo, video, and film projects, operating from the Canary Islands across Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Morocco and beyond.
"We act as a reliable production partner for international brands, agencies, and creative teams.
Our services include full production management, permits, logistics, equipment coordination, casting, and crew sourcing. With extensive industry experience and a trusted international network, we ensure efficient workflows and consistent quality at every stage."
From concept to completion, Paraiso Productions supports visually strong productions with precision, flexibility, and creative expertise.
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Courage Production
Italy
Courage Production enters 2026 following a demanding schedule across Italy.
Recent highlights showcase the company's logistical reach: a high-altitude campaign for Falconeri requiring helicopter access to Alpine glaciers, followed by a major indoor production service in Milan for Pandora featuring Annalisa. The team also managed on-location production for Guess in Rome and executed the Milan-based campaign for UK brand F&F.
Based in Milan, where it operates its own 250sqm studio, Courage Production is a full-service Italian photo and film production company. Whether handling direct production or providing specialised service support, the team manages top-tier talent and complex locations to execute high-end editorial and commercial projects.
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IKU Production
Italy
IKU Production is a Milan-based creative production company working across fashion, editorial, and advertising. With a strong network and a collaborative creative approach, IKU offers both full and local production services.
In 2025, IKU Production expanded its creative footprint through a series of fashion editorials and visual projects, strengthening its international presence. The year marked IKU’s entry into the Chinese market through selected editorial and commercial collaborations, opening new creative dialogue between Asia and Southern Europe.
Alongside this growth, the team at IKU Production further refined its expertise in location scouting across Southern Italy, with focused research in Calabria through its dedicated service, IKU Fields. This initiative curates distinctive indoor and outdoor locations for fashion, film, and visual productions.
Among the most significant collaborations of 2025 are DUST China, ICICLE, and T China.
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NM Productions
London - Dubai - L.A. - NY - Milan - Madrid
NM Productions creates TV ads, social content, print, and branded campaigns with one goal: producing standout work. No fluff, no ego, just a team that knows how to take an idea and make it real.
A hands-on team with a flexible production model, NM works across budgets of all sizes. From stills and fashion shoots to social content, TVCs, or fully integrated productions, every project is approached with the same care and focus.
Transparent in how they work and resourceful when challenges come up, NM brings clarity to complex productions. From location scouting and service production to full delivery, they work with trusted crews, fixers, and location partners worldwide, shooting across studios and on location in cities including London, Milan, New York, Paris, and Dubai.
NM has worked with fashion and editorial clients such as Hugo Boss, Moncler, Vogue, Dior, and Marie Claire, alongside a wide range of global brands.
To explore more about NM’s talented directors, photographers, and DOPs, and to view their showreels, click here.
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Contents Production
Italy
Contents Production provides full production support for photography and film projects in Italy and abroad. Whether you need local assistance or complete production management, the team adapts its approach to suit each brief and scale of production.
Based in Rome and operating nationwide, the company works across stills, video and drone shoots, offering a reliable framework for smooth and efficient productions. Its network of experienced professionals spans key regions including Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Lazio, as well as southern areas such as Sicily, Puglia, Campania, Sardinia and Basilicata.
From early planning to final wrap, services cover everything from location scouting and art buying to budgeting, travel logistics and accommodation. The team also handles transport, catering, on set vehicles, equipment rental, set build and design, along with all contractual requirements.
With production taken care of from start to finish, clients can concentrate on the creative side, knowing the practical details are handled with care and precision.
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Core Media Productions
Cape Town, South Africa
Core Media continues to grow as a full-service production company, working with an expanding roster of local clients, including brands such as Sealand Gear.
The team offers end-to-end production solutions, from in-house e-commerce content to full-scale commercial productions, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and a strong creative vision throughout every project.
Over the past year, Core Media has welcomed new creative talent, bringing together experienced producers and directors alongside social media specialists who understand how to create content that performs across platforms. The studio has evolved with the introduction of professional podcast facilities, upgrades to the unit section, and expanded in-house gear to support a wider range of productions.
Melissa and Craig believe this year marks a defining chapter for the company. Given the opportunity, they are confident that Core Media will deliver a seamless, professional, and highly successful shoot that exceeds expectations.
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Jeremy Shaw
Australia
Jeremy Shaw is a Sydney-based photographer and director known for crafting emotionally resonant, cinematic imagery rooted in authenticity and connection. The past few months have seen him behind the camera on a string of major national campaigns, including two new Toyota spots, one highlighting safety and the other celebrating their End of Year Sale.
He recently directed a vibrant Woolworths ad for Mangos, while also creating standout automotive work for Great Wall. Expanding his commercial storytelling range, Jeremy brought his natural eye for movement and human energy to recent shoots for AMEX Velocity and Great Southern Bank.
With the warm weather back in Australia Jeremy has continued working on his 'Endless Summer' project that he has been shooting the past decade.
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Andreas Smetana
Australia
Andreas Smetana is a photographer, director and the co-founder Australian production company Flint.
He thrives on variety and this openness to change has shaped his whole approach and sits at the heart of his work, along with a strong sense of craft and memorable, considered imagery. Calm and confident, but always energised on set, Andreas moves easily between stills and motion.
He’s highly technical when it matters, yet always focused on creating work that feels smart, human and grounded in real light. He works closely with clients, keeps the process clear, and makes the whole experience genuinely enjoyable.
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Joe Scarnici
California
Joe Scarnici is a California-based photographer and director with a focus on sports, lifestyle and active portraits. His work blends movement, personality and a strong sense of place, giving brands imagery that feels lively, contemporary and rooted in real moments.
He collaborates with athletes, actors and global clients who value his cinematic approach and his eye for natural connection. Whether he is shooting an intense training sequence or a relaxed coastal scene, Joe brings a mix of precision and ease that translates well across advertising, editorial and digital campaigns.
Working from Los Angeles and travelling often, he takes on projects worldwide.