- Pay Rate: $400.00 - $600.00 - daily rate
- Job Requirements: Must be local to location (or willing to work as a local).
Looking for a gaffer for a low budget music video shooting in Fort Lauderdale 06.10.23 and 06.11.2023.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Digital
Music Video
Starts Jun 10
For 2 Day(s)
Looking for a gaffer for a low budget music video shooting in Fort Lauderdale 06.10.23 and 06.11.2023.
Los Angeles, CA Details
Film (Short)
Starts Sep 26
For 1 Day(s)
I'm looking for a Gaffer for a half-day shoot next week in LA. It will be a small crew and fast shoot on one location. Someone with an Apature light kit is preferred but not required.
Gaffer (Grip (single person unit))
Franklin, TN Details
Corporate
Starts Oct 11
For 3 Day(s)
Looking for a Gaff for some corporate interviews just south of Franklin TN
2 camera shoot, would need a solid 3-point interview kit plus practicles for a light airy look. Not into small source contrasty or low key for this client.
Scout/build day on 10.11
Early call time, 7am on 10.12, 8am 10.13, so ideally a local but could also spring for a hotel in Franklin 10.11 & 12 if it makes things easier for Nashville crew.
Not a huge production, all crew need to be small team-friendly.
Gaffer (With Gear)
Denver, CO Details
peacock
TV
Starts Sep 26
For 5 Day(s)
Unscripted Documentary Shooting in Canyon City
9/26th Travel from Denver
9/27th-9/29th Shoot
9/30 Travel back to Denver
Plus per diem
Must be able to work as a local from Denver to be considered.
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Gaffer (With Gear)
Columbia, SC Details
Vox Media
Advertising
Starts Sep 24
For 1 Day(s)
Docu-Style Branded Content Shoot in Columbia, South Carolina. Minimal crew. Must be local to Columbia, SC or able to travel.
-$750/12 for 1x day + Kit fee (to be discussed)
Chattanooga, TN Details
Online
Corporate
Starts Sep 25
For 2 Day(s)
Looking for an experienced gaffer for a two day shoot. One day would be portraits of employees and the other day would be talking heads shoot. Rate is for a 10hr shoot day.
Please send your rate and confirm your availability for 9/25 & 9/26 for consideration. Thanks!
Denver, CO Details
Fox
TV
Starts Sep 27
For 8 Week(s)
We are in need of a Gaffer that can handle small 2 to 3 camera shoots.
This is for a Docu-Follow television show, that will film through various towns.
Small-ish crew (less than 20) and small cast (1-6). Supporting 2-cam shoot primarily based around one location with occasional travel out from home-base to town or nearby vicinity.
Dates approximately 9/27/23 to 11/17/23
Please send over resumes for higher-up approval.
Paterson, NJ Details
Film (Feature-length)
Starts Oct 04
For 1 Day(s)
The gaffer will light a conference room scene, therapy scene and an scene with two people talking in apartment, there will be about 5 cast members, this also may lead to other upcoming film shoots.
San Antonio, TX Details
Corporate
Starts Sep 28
For 1 Day(s)
We are looking for a San Antonio, TX based gaffer who can come out and light a shoot for a robotics company in a warehouse. This will be a one day production from 4pm to 11pm. If you have lighting equipment or have a relationship with a rental house that can provide lighting, that would be great and we can pay extra. Please send over previous credits and a G&E list if possible.
Center, CO Details
Fox
TV
Starts Sep 27
For 8 Week(s)
We are in need of a Gaffer that can handle small 2 to 3 camera shoots.
This is for a Docu-Follow television show, that will film through various towns.
Small-ish crew (less than 20) and small cast (1-6). Supporting 2-cam shoot primarily based around one location with occasional travel out from home-base to town or nearby vicinity.
Dates approximately 9/27/23 to 11/17/23
Please send over resumes for higher-up approval.
Dickerson, MD Details
None
Film (Feature-length)
Starts Oct 28
For 3 Week(s)
Hello, we are an ultra low budget indie horror feature filming in Dickerson this fall in need of a gaffer.
Our current schedule runs 10/28 - 11/22 and will include two weeks of overnights, with Thursdays and Fridays dark every week. One note, I may not actually need the gaffer on the 28th but just putting it down for now.
We would like to hire someone who can work locally as housing is limited. Owning gear is not necessary but if you do we can negotiate a kit rental.
We are able to offer $200/12 for 4 weeks of filming.
Please feel free to include any questions you may have when applying. We appreciate your time and attention!
Strike Info: We are not affiliated with the AMPTP nor do we have a distribution deal currently in place. We are in the queue for an interim agreement with SAG and are coordinating with necessary unions throughout this process.
Mount Juliet, TN Details
TV
Starts Oct 02
For 18 Day(s)
We are in need of a Gaffer that can handle small 2 to 3 camera shoots.
This is for a Docu-Follow television show, that will film through various towns.
Small-ish crew (less than 20) and small cast (1-6). Supporting 2-cam shoot primarily based around one location with occasional travel out from home-base to town or nearby vicinity.
Please send over resumes for higher-up approval.
The rate for this role is $689.50/12hr
Gaffer (With Gear)
West Palm Beach, FL Details
Netflix
TV
Starts Sep 25
For 3 Day(s)
Working on a non-union sports doc series and I am looking for a local experienced gaffer to join us for a couple of days in WPB and Loxahatchee. We are primarily shooting a handful of multi-cam sit-down interviews and some local b-roll.
Shoot Days: Tentative 2-3 days between 9/25-9/27 (shoot days could possibly push or shorten)
Day rate: is $600/12
If you have gear for rent, I would like to discuss renting directly from you.
Send along a link with credits or a website if you have one.
Gaffer (With Gear)
Jackson, MS Details
Netflix
TV
Starts Sep 24
For 3 Day(s)
Working on a non-union sports doc series and I am looking for a local experienced gaffer to join us for a couple of days in Jackson and nearby cities. We are primarily shooting a handful of multi-cam sit-down interviews and some local b-roll.
Shoot Days: Tentative 3 days between 9/23-9/27 (shoot days could possibly push or shorten)
Day rate: is $600/12
If you have gear for rent, I would like to discuss renting directly from you.
Send along a link with credits or a website if you have one.
Ann Arbor, MI Details
Corporate
Starts Oct 23
For 3 Day(s)
10-12 hour days
Automotive commercial type shoot
Las Vegas, NM Details
Film (Feature-length)
Starts Oct 01
For 3 Week(s)
Lost Galleon Films is hiring crew for WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE, a feature crime/thriller set in 1960s Nevada during a search for a wanted murderer.
Applicants for the position of GAFFER should have prior experience working as a gaffer on a feature film. Contracted duties for the position will encompass all industry standards for the position. Production will feature two digital cameras (RED), 3 Aputure P600s, 3 Aputure 1200ds, a dedicated light cart, GAFFER, Gaffer's asst., and 4 grips. You will be accorded the opportunity to hire your own assistant at the production company's rate for that position.
PLEASE indicate whether you have worked with big exterior overhead rigs!
We are filming in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and the greater San Miguel County area, for two and a half weeks in October. Locations are mixed interior and exterior. Production provides three catered meals daily (four on the handful of overnights scheduled) and clean, comfortable accommodations on a most favored nations basis with the film's producers. The production has been designed to allow maximum turnaround and minimal company moves (hotel stays the same through production, base camp moves twice.)
Applicants MUST be New Mexico locals. Please indicate whether you are able to drive to and from the set hotel in Las Vegas and to and from sets. Transportation will be provided to and from hotel and sets upon request.
***We are an independent production company based in North Carolina and have no affiliation with the AMPTP or studios of any kind and have been cleared and authorized to conduct business in the state of New Mexico***
$2,500/week on a flat rate basis, or $450 per calendar day on weeks working less than five days. Production dates will be:
October 1 - 7 (1 week)
October 8 - 14 (1 week)
October 15 - 18 (4 days)
Payment will be remitted on a weekly basis by ABS Payroll.
NOTE: Production also provides backend participation! We offer a crew pool worth a total of one percent of company's net profits at a pro rata basis of days worked by the entire below-line production crew.
Sikeston, MO Details
TV
Starts Sep 27
For 8 Week(s)
We are in need of a Gaffer that can handle small 2 to 3 camera shoots.
This is for a Docu-Follow television show, that will film through various towns.
Small-ish crew (less than 20) and small cast (1-6). Supporting 2-cam shoot primarily based around one location with occasional travel out from home-base to town or nearby vicinity.
Dates approximately 9/27/23 to 11/17/23
Please send over resumes for higher-up approval.
Swing (Grip and Electric)
Atlanta, GA Details
ABC
TV
Starts Nov 04
For 1 Day(s)
We are looking for a Swing G&E for a 1 day shoot. Job duties include:
-Set up stands and lights per the DPs direction
-Be ready and waiting for quick run and gun lighting moves
-Safely run cables from generators
-Be mindful of the other crew and Talent on site
-Work safely and efficiently to complete each day's outlined shoot schedule
-Break as directed by Field Manager
-Report to set by call time received the evening before
-Bring negotiated rental grips items to set
-Do not plug into or adjust the family's power sources without permission from the family
-Help unload and pack up lighting equipment
-Be responsible for all of your own supplies
-All other duties as assigned
Boston, MA Details
TBD
Live/Special Event
Starts Oct 27
For 1 Day(s)
Looking for cable-savvy Utilities personnel for a live sports event in Boston, MA, on Friday, October 27th, 2023.
Must be available for the entire day. Must have experience working as Utilities on live production sets. Experience working as Utilities for live sports events is a plus.
Must be able to work as a local to Boston. Please include a description of your experience, any related work samples you may have, and your rate.
Lawrence, KS Details
ESPN
Live/Special Event
Starts Sep 23
For 1 Day(s)
o Will be assisting hand-held camera operators throughout the game
o Moderate to high cable coil management proficiency, MUST be able to Over/Under consistently in a high tempo environment behind a handheld camera throughout the show
o Assisting in tear down of compound post game
o May be involved in setup
Cincinnati, OH Details
ESPN
Live/Special Event
Starts Sep 23
For 3 Day(s)
Will be working with the skycam crew assisting with set up, reel watching, and strike.
During the game, will watch the reels that suspend the skycam camera in the air. Will notify the engineer on site if the reel becomes loose and the engineer will come over and fix it.
After the game, will help with tear down of equipment and loading back into the truck.
Requirements: Not afraid of heights and able to lift up to 40 lbs.
Dates are Sept 23 (Set day) & 25 (Game day)
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