Gaffers

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Specialist Area: Film, TV, Features/Series, Sport

Location: UK/Worldwide

Experience:

Seasoned professional with over 20 years experience in Britain and abroad for BBC, ITV and Sky among others.
City & Guilds 16th edition.
LGV class1 driving licence.
Fully conversant with EU health and safety legislation.
Car owner.
Full CV on request.

Number of years experience: 15+

Andrew Clarke's Contact Details

Posted on: 28/04/2003
Updated on: 15/07/2009

Specialist Area: Films, TV, Commercials

Location: London, South West, Worldwide

Experience:

NVQ Level 4 Gaffer
GBCT Member
Health & safety certificated
BBC Approved lighting Contactor

Gaffer: Afterlife - ITV TV Series- Clerkenwell Films - Nov. '04 to Mar. '05
Gaffer: The Long Firm - BBC TV Series January Nov. '03 to Mar. '04
Gaffer: Lawless Heart - Feature - MP Productions - Sep. '00 to Dec. '00
Gaffer: Band Of Brothers - HBO - TV Series - Mar. '00 to May '00

Number of years experience: 20+

Brian Beaumont's Contact Details

Posted on: 16/04/2005
Updated on: 30/01/2007

Specialist Area: Camera Assistant

Location: Sydney, Australia, London, Manchester, UK

Experience:

I currently work for Lemac Films in Sydney, Australia, in the camera rentals department.

Focus Puller:

HCF : HDCAM TVC : DOP David Lewis : August 2005 : Oasis Films - High Defintion Technician

Dell Computer (US) : HDCam TVC: DOP. Allen Daviau A.S.C : July 2005 : Walkabout Films

This is Why - Micky Fin : 35mm
One Hand - Amy Vee & the Virtures : 35mm
Room 14 : super 16
Presque vu : 16mm

Clapper Loader:

The Rubdown : 16mm
Nothing to Lose : 16mm

Camera Assistant - digital video:

DHL
Trapped
Ra Choi (feature)
Connexions : TV
Real Love - Soul System
Homestead Kitchens : DV
What Love Is
Driving Test
Somerset Park
Digimatch

Number of years experience: 5

Peter Marsden's Contact Details

Posted on: 22/01/2006
Updated on: 30/04/2006

Specialist Area: Film, Video

Location: London, SE, UK

Experience:

Location Gaffer for the following features:-

The Living in the Home of the dead
The Sins of the Father
The Boat People - Fifth Column
Piccadilly Cowboy - Ford Films
In A Day - NW3 Films
The Experiment - Magician Pictures
The Penalty King - Twintrack Films
Tan Lines - Hunterfilms

Shorts:-
Bait
Call me Harry
The Secret King of Scotland
The Huxley Project
Goodbye
Containment
Losing the Plot
Obscura
Zoltan the Great
Trojon
Inside Looking Out
The Braai
Lump in the Road
The Devide
Where Ghostly Children Walk
The Lost Boy

Plus promos and commercials.

Number of years experience: 5

Ewan Cassidy's Contact Details

Posted on: 10/12/2003
Updated on: 17/02/2006

Specialist Area: Gaffer

Location: Munich, Germany, Worldwide

Experience:

Gaffer – Echange – Christian Ditter – Constantin Film
Gaffer – Whole Train – Florian Gaag – Goldkind Film
Gaffer – Menget – Daniel Workou –Bira Biro
Best boy – Sommersturm – Marko Kreutzpainter – Clausen & Wφbke
Best boy – Lichter – Hans Christian Schmid – Clausen & Wφbke
Electrician – der Krieger und die Kaiserin – Tom Tykwer – X Film

Experience in television, commercials, shorts, music clips and social spots, documentaries.

Number of years experience: 8

Oliver Bromme's Contact Details

Posted on: 06/02/2006

Specialist Area: Lighting Design and Board Operator

Location: London, SE, UK

Experience:

Senior Gaffer with Fountain TV for five years.
Various Board Operator jobs with Film and TV Services.
Lighting design for Hammond Productions and Worthing Theatres, just finished a UK tour of The Wizard of Oz.

Number of years experience: 10+

Tony White's Contact Details

Posted on: 08/09/2005

Specialist Area: Lighting Gaffer, All Productions

Location: Worldwide

Experience:

Worked in the industry for 29 years, started with Lee's then went freelance. Have worked for most of the big companies over the years, started own lighting hire company in 1989 as an alternative to the big boys.
I run 2 lighting vans, kitted out with all the toys DOPs want on pay as used basis as I don't dry hire all of my equipment is in mint condition.

Credits include: Raiders, Alien, Saturn 3, Flash Gordon, Red Dwarf, Hope & Glory, Peep Show, Frank, commercials, features, documentaries, promos.... etc.

Number of years experience: 20+

John Barker's Contact Details

Posted on: 16/06/2005

Specialist Area: Gaffer, Rigging, Best Boy

Location: London, UK, Europe, Worldwide

Experience:

NVQ Level 4 Gaffer
Health & safety certificated

Bond Tomorrow Never Dies
Loch Ness
Funny Bones
28 Days Later
Commercials
TV dramas
Music videos

Foreign work places- Israel, France, Russia, Spain, Caymens, Egypt, Mexico, USA.

Number of years experience: 20+

B Red's Contact Details

Posted on: 29/05/2005
Updated on: 31/05/2005

Specialist Area: Lighting - Gaffer

Location: London, SE, UK

Experience:

Most recent credits include:
Gaffer on CBBC Kerching 2001 to date.
Gaffer on Modern Toss (comedy for C4 to be broadcast May '05)
Spark on Coldplay for MTV Live (to be broadcast Jun '05)
Gaffer on TittyBangBang (pilot for Pett Productions for BBC3)

Also worked on numerous commercials and promos.

Number of years experience: 10+

Paul Brewster's Contact Details

Posted on: 05/05/2005

Specialist Area: Gaffering

Location: Worldwide

Experience:

Gaffer - The Lost Prince - Stephen Poliakoff
Gaffer - Vera Drake - Mike Leigh
Gaffer - A Fond Kiss - Ken Loach
Gaffer - The Last Resort - Pavel Paulikoffski

Number of years experience: 15+

Matt Moffatt's Contact Details

Posted on: 11/02/2005