We all know the expression – “it takes a village” to accomplish events. Well, it takes a “Herd” of dedicated and passionate volunteers to put together the Annual Film Festival. And while there are many behind-the-scenes characters at work to make your weekend enjoyable, I present below a list of our Lone Pine movie tour guides who have researched film frames, archival scripts, and stories to prepare this year’s “On Location” tours. A BIG THANK YOU to ALL.
GREG PARKER Tour Coordinator, Festival Committee
Greg has been a dedicated Lone Pine movie location hunter since 1999. He graduated from USC in Los Angeles and has lived in Reno, NV since 1978. With an appreciation…
Richard W. Bann – Tour Guide, Author, Film Historian
Richard is a film historian and author of books on Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, W.C. Fields, Hal Roach, and John Wayne. He’s also a regular essayist for Lone Pine…
Mike Del Gaudio – Tour Guide
Mike grew up in Huntington on Long Island and enjoyed watching old westerns on TV with his Dad and brother John. He has been traveling out west to California to…
Douglas Grieve – Tour Guide – Festival Committee Member
Douglas has been a western film enthusiast for most of his life and has spent the past decade visiting the great western locations, from Monument Valley, Moab, Kanab, and Sedona to…
Thomas Kelsey – Tour Guide, Photojournalist
Thomas Kelsey’s connection to the Eastern Sierra runs deep as he has skied, fished, hiked and photographed the area since the 1970’s. During his career, he has worked as a…
Dennis R. Liff – Tour Guide
Dennis is a film historian whose primary focus is on movie and TV filming locations. A retired writer and journalist based in the historic movie town of Chatsworth, Calif., he…
Tyler Malone – Tour Guide, Writer
Tyler is a writer, professor and film location hunter. He lives in Los Angeles and writes film, literature and art criticism for the Los Angeles Times, the LA Review of…
Larry Maurice – Tour Guide, Cowboy Poet, and Festival Host
Larry has spent the last 36 years as a cowboy, horse wrangler and packer in the Eastern Sierra and the high deserts of Nevada. You’re likely to find him on…
Gabe Piper Tour Guide
My name is Gabe Piper. I’ve been interested in Lone Pine since I first climbed Mt. Whitney about five years ago. Since then I’ve completed an undergraduate degree in Media…