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ABOUT FILMALBERTA.CA

Alberta Film Locations Photo Library


Film Location Scouting in Alberta including Location Management and Unit Management.
Film Locations help drive story. A home could provide clues to character. Certain zones can pay homage. Places should emote mood. Neighbourhoods can tell you the time period and a single spot can become iconic

Some movie locations are the star. Others play blurry background roles to the dialogue.

This website was built as a small sample of our work. We help Film Location Managers, Producers, Writers, Directors and Production Designers match their vision to physical locations. Contracts, Permits, Logistics to follow.
We have hundreds of thousands of images in our film location photo library to share. Both proven and yet un filmed locations to match any story.
 
Click on the images in the sample slideshows to see the title, description and full screen view.
If you have any questions regarding any of the images you see or, if you're looking for something specific, please contact us. 
We have experience with aerial filming, location scouting using drones, photogrammetry & LiDAR 3D scanning, Virtual Reality and 360 degree virtual environments.
 

ABOUT MIKE JOHANSEN - ALBERTA FILM LOCATION SCOUT

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Mike Johansen - Location Manager and Film Location Scout

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Film Location Manager, Location Scout / Fixer for both long and short format productions.
My film career began in 1996. I spent 6 years in the AD department. Then, a successfully developed Pilot led to 8 years of Producing and Directing 63 episodes of Adventure Sport Travel series Drop In all over Western Canada, U.S. and New Zealand. In the mid-to-late 00's I lead a team to Produce hundreds of hours of original content for a Youtube-meets-Red Bull TV streaming platform start-up I co-founded in Vancouver. 
A young family pointed to a hiatus from film and Tech start-up life for 6 years where I gained an expertise in Property Management, Sales and Technology. But, everything else bored me. Since returning to Alberta & main-stream Film & TV in 2016 I've focused my attention on Location Scouting and  Film Location Management which allows me to work with other creative people, satisfies my love for photography, exploring new places and film production logistics.
What's ahead? I'm looking forward to international work with world-class film pros. The bigger, more complicated the project, the better. Staying active to support my lifestyle, watching my daughters grow into adulthood and letting God do the rest.

RECENT CREDITS

 

2025 - The North Face (Stills & Motion assets)

2025 - ATB Business Campaign (FPV Drone Shoot)

2025 - A LONG WINTER - The Bureau Films (Feature)

2025 - LULULEMON (2026 Brand Ambassador Shoot)

2025 - COWBOY - Brightlight Pictures (Feature)

2025 - OVERLAND SHEEPSKIN (2026 Motion & Stills)

2025 - JEEP / Dodge RAM (running footage)

​​2024 - MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS - SONY/Netflix (Series)

2024 - TRON: ARES - Walt Disney Pictures (Feature)

2024 - BAD ORPHAN - Lifetime (TV Feature)

2023 - THE ORDER - Amazon (Feature)

2023 - SURVIVING EARTH - NBC/Peacock (Series)

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