William Schaeffer's Profile on Staff Me Up

William Schaeffer

Charlotte, NC

http://staffmeup.com/profile/queencitygrip

Summary

I'm a set/rigging grip and can effectively swing to set/rigging electric. I have a foundation in arena/theatre rigging. I have my OSHA 10, Hertz lift certs and am working on my ETCP rigging certification. I'm also an active 491 member in good standing.

Credits

12/12 – 1/13

Production Assistant (Gaffer, Grip) She's Having My Baby (Season 3)

Oxygen — TV — Hud:Sun Media Details
12/12 – 1/13

I was hired as a PA, but worked more as a DIT. Though that being said, at the end of the day, I acted more as a set grip, and gaffer than anything else. It was only one episode.

3/12 – 9/12

Grip (Rigging Grip) Iron Man 3

Film (Feature-length) — Marvel Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Details
3/12 – 9/12

Stage work- green bay/catwalk construction, grid building, truss building, green screen hanging, and general pre-rigging for the set grips. Wilmington Ports- crane rigging. National Gypsum- crane, seed container, green screen, poor man's process rigging. On location rigging in Raleigh, NC

10/11 – 12/11

Grip (Second ) Lincoln

Film (Feature-length) — DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox Details
10/11 – 12/11

I was a foreman for the ironside dream sequence green-screen rig at New Millennium Studios in Petersburg, VA. We also did a lot of on-location rigs in Powhatan, Historic Petersburg, and Historic Richmond.

5/11 – 8/11

Grip (Rigging Grip) The Hunger Games

Film (Feature-length) — Lionsgate Details
5/11 – 8/11

I was a Rigging grip. We worked mostly with grid building, truss rigging, crane rigging, and seed-container rigging, but we also did standard pre-rigging for the set grips.

1/11 – 3/11

Grip (Rigging Grip) Army Wives (Season 5)

Lifetime — TV — ABC Studios Details
1/11 – 3/11

Standard pre rigging for set grips. Flyswatters on Condors, on location grid hanging, camera crane duty,

Recos

Would you like to write a recommendation for William? Write a Recommendation »