Joe Sullivan

I was initially hired to drive Wim Wenders and his crew around my hometown of Butte, MT for scouting days, but due to my previous experience, the 1st AD hired me on as the Key Set PA. I managed all of the information going up and down to ensure that our set ran smoothly, and I also positioned my set PAs for lockups. Wim liked me so much he even cast me in the film.

I was asked to come down to New Mexico from MT to handle the walkie PA responsibilities, but could only be there for 3 weeks due to a contract job I had to begin in June. I was responsible for managing and charging walkie batteries, and facilitating walkie check outs on a daily basis.

I began as an additional PA doing deep lockups and helping out on just the MT shoot days, but the crew really liked me and my work ethic, so I ended up staying on and finishing out the season (excluding Episode 10) with them in both MT and UT. I took on a range of tasks from helping with walkies and background, to even doing some time as first team PA

We were unable to hire a 2nd AD, so while maintaining my duties as First AD, I also created and distributed call sheets to the crew. On set, I kept the crew moving forward by tracking our progress throughout each day and executing a plan to ensure we got all the footage required for the edit. I worked with the Director and DP to create a shooting schedule that would allow us to have enough time to work with the trained animals time constraints, as well as get all of the coverage for each scene.

I assisted with locating and hiring crew members, supervised and managed PAs, and provided shoot day plans for each location (travel, parking, lunch, exit plan). I also created and provided call sheets to all crew members. I even stepped in and created some special effects makeup applications on the fly.

I helped create a multitude of out of kit effects wounds, as well as create concepts for dinosaur poop and the face melting effects applied to Vernon Wells and Eric Roberts