Tim Moshansky Tim Moshansky is a Canadian location scout who worked as a Location Scout for Location Manager Ann Goobie and Assistant Location Manager Paul Giordano on the sequel , directed by Justin Lin . Moshansky attended the St . Michael ' s University School in Saanich , British Columbia , Canada and the University of Victoria between 1983 and 1988 where he graduated with a bachelor of arts in English and Film . Career . Film and television . Moshansky ' s first credit in the film industry was working as set production assistant and extras wrangler on the Japanese war drama " Ten to Chi to " in 1990 . He also appeared as a background actor in these scene filmed outside Calgary , Alberta . In 1995 , he joined the Director ' s Guild of Canada and started to work as production assistant , location scout and assistant location manager being the comedy " Man of the House " ( 1995 ) , the family adventure " Alaska " ( 1996 , production management by Stewart Bethune ) , the romance " Bliss " ( 1997 , with Leigh Taylor - Young ) , and the television thriller " The Hunted " ( 1998 , with Mädchen Amick ) among his first credits . Moshanksy also worked as location scout on the television comic adaptation " Nick Fury : Agent of Shield " ( 1998 , with Ron Canada and Roger R . Cross , executive produced by Stan Lee ) , the thriller " Double Jeopardy " ( 1999 , starring Ashley Judd ) , the action films " Reindeer Games " ( 2000 ) and " Get Carter " ( 2000 ) , the science fiction film " The Core " ( 2003 , with Glenn Morshower , Bruce Greenwood , and Alfre Woodard ) , the television romance " Miss Texas " ( 2005 ) , the crime thriller " Firewall " ( 2006 , with Virginia Madsen and Jimmy Bennett and executive produced by Dana Goldberg ) , the family comedy " RV " ( 2006 , with Rob LaBelle and Brian Markinson and produced by Chris Soldo ) , the horror sequel " White Noise 2 : The Light " ( 2007 ) , the crime drama " 88 Minutes " ( 2007 , with Neal McDonough and Kaj - Erik Eriksen ) , the sequels " AVPR : Aliens vs Predator - Requiem " ( 2007 ) and " The Twilight Saga : New Moon " ( 2009 , with Billy Burke and Michael Welch ) , the action film " The King of Fighters " ( 2010 ) , thhee horror sequel " Final Destination 5 " ( 2011 ) , the comedy " The Big Year " ( 2011 ) , the pilot episodes of " The Secret Circle " ( 2011 , with Thomas Dekker and Adam Harrington and music by John Frizzell ) and " Alcatraz " ( 2012 , with Leon Rippy , Bumper Robinson , and Paul McGillion , produced by J . J . Abrams and Bryan Burk , and music by Michael Giacchino ) , the horror thriller " The Possession " ( 20112 , starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) , and Bryan Singer ' s television fantasy drama " Mockingbird Lane " ( 2012 , written and produced by Bryan Fuller , with John Kassir , and costume design by Robert Blackman ) . In 2012 , Moshansky received a DGC Team Award nomination from the Directors Guild of Canada in the category Television Movie / Mini - Series for his work on the drama " Magic Beyond Words : The JK Rowling Story " . More recent work as location scout include the fantasy film " Horns " ( 2013 ) , the fantasy film " Seventh Son " ( 2014 ) , and the drama " Fifty Shades of Grey " ( 2015 ) . Writing and developing . Between 1990 and 1991 he worked as managing editor for Where Victoria Magazine followed by work as freelance writer for various magazines . Under the label First Wave Publishing , Moshansky released his first book , " A to Z Guide to Film Production Terms " , in 1995 which was published in its fifth edition in 2010 . In 2006 Moshansky and his brothers Perry , Sheldon and Travis published the book " A to Z Guide to Hockey Terms " and in 2012 Moshansky co - developed the iPhone App " Hockey Terms " based on this book .