Michael Forrest

Talent Wrangler

Drove crew, assisted crew, lunch setup, runs, general PA duties

Prepped F7's, switched lenses, changed media, logged tapes, etc.

Prepped F800's, lunch orders, runs, assisted crew in load in and out, general Camera PA duties

Prepped F900’s, C300’s, 5D’s, Go Pro’s Ran grip and rigged Diva’s, One by one’s, joker’s and Arri kits Ran tapes, bricks, filters, lenses and maintained daily camera logs and tape summaries throughout the day

Talent PA Crew Meals Talent Transportation

On camera PA playing the "grave digger" who buried contestants underground

Prepped F900’s, Go Pro’s Rigged Go Pro’s to street racing vehicles Ran tapes, bricks, filters and lenses and maintained daily camera logs

multiple runs, restock crafty, assist art department, trash sweeps, snow fencing, load out

Assisted in all runs for crew and personal runs for Jerry Seinfeld. Main camera driver for urban and suburb scenes. Ordered and placed all lunch orders. Assisted grip and camera with all gear.

Assisted the art department in creation of the set. Assisted in multiple runs. Assistant to producers.

General stage production assistant duties including trash sweeps, crafty restock, contestant driver to and from LAX.

Still Photographer, Unload/Load Gear, cube truck driver, pass van driver, crafty setup, runner, crowd control, Appearance Releases, Walkie distributor, assistant grip.

Crew Meals Transportation Runner Appearance Releases

Talent Wrangler, Kept track of all child contestants and parents throughout the duration of the show, escorted all contestants to holding areas, stage, restrooms, lunch, etc. Runner, Miscellaneous tasks, breakdown of set

Runner, Walkie check in/Check out, Pass Van driver for contestants, Lock ups, Office PA, Miscellaneous tasks, Kept daily logs of call sheets

Casting Assistant, Pick Ups/Drop Offs LAX for potential contestants in pass van, talent wrangler, runs, lunch orders, made sure all potential contestants were treated equally and given a fair chance. Made sure potential contestants made no interaction during free time, etc.

Key PA, deliberated and executed various tasks for other set PA's. Walkie Check Out/In, Runs, Lunch Coordinator, Transportation for cast and crew, Miscellaneous tasks, assistant to 1st AD

American Idol finale parking coordinator, Runner, Office Assistant, set ups and strikes, cube truck transportation, maintained crafty, gear security, load in/out supervisor

Took care if all runs, drove cast, crew and gear in pass can. Appearance Releases, lunch orders, lock ups, maintained and restocked crafty table, filing, scanning, phone calls. Walkie check out/check in.

Runner, pick ups and drop offs

Production Assistant who take care of all runs, errands, media initialization, lunch orders, call sheets, camera reports, booking, filing, scanning.

Office PA, Filing, Scanning, Scheduling, Crafty, Load Gear, Runs, Inventory, Tidiness of PO

Stand in for one of the main actors, Maintained crafty, Personal Assistance to Director and Producer, Walkie Check In/Out

Key Production Assistant, assist 1st AD, Production Reports, Lock ups, crafty arrangement, runner, set ups, strikes, assist grip, ran PA's

Maintained secure lock ups for shots, walkie PA (checked in/checked out inventory)

Production Assistant that mostly took care of runs/errands for the production team. Organized and maintained office space including filing, scanning and keeping it tidy! Also kept inventory of all equipment. Made sure everything needed to be where it needed to be on time.

Field Coordinator, Field PA, Assistant Camerman. Changed media/Initialize media for cameras. PR reports, Tech inventory. In charge of Appearance, Location, and Material releases. Transportation. Kept camera log, handled petty cash and receipts for Production Office. Assisted with Grip and Lighting duties. In charge of camera/monitor battery charging station.