Interviewing Charlie Saldana in the quiet of his North Hollywood home, the 79-year-old working key grip still exudes the cool confidence of someone who’s spent a lifetime in partnership with one of ...
“Gaffer”? “Key grip”? “Foley artist”? As the Academy Awards presentation approaches, let’s explore the origins of these strange job titles, which scroll by in movie credits. We’ll get help from ...
Fresh off Discovery’s upcoming “Manhunt: Unabomber,” key grip Chris Birdsong explains what his lighting and rigging technician job entails and what that means for actors—plus his personal telltale ...
From the NCPR studios, our guest is Dustin Beall Smith, author of Key Grip: A Memoir of Endless Consequences. Smith has led what used to be called... Jan 21, 2009 — From the NCPR studios, our guest is ...
Sami brings ingenious design, a D.I.Y. spirit and pure athletic ability to the job of key grip — pushing and pulling heavy camera rigs with exacting precision. By Melena Ryzik Wes Anderson’s intricate ...
TOMMY MAY Legendary Key Grip “Chainsaw” Tommy May passed away February 23, 2015. He was born in Hollywood, California, in 1933. In Tommy’s early years, He attended Blessed Sacrament Grade School with ...
A grip is a technician who sets up, operates, and maintains the rigging and equipment that supports the camera (dollies, cranes, tracks, jibs, tripods, process trailers, etc.) and lighting (stands, ...
Owen S. Good is a longtime veteran of video games writing, well known for his coverage of sports and racing games. Ah, the key grip. For those not in the know, they’re the lighting and rigging ...
A recent report hardly painted a rosy picture of the gender balance in Hollywood: Just 4% of the top 1,200 movies from the past 12 years had been directed by women. Deep in the report, another jarring ...