GripsBest Boy Grip

The Best Boy Grip supports the key grip on a production, running the day-to-day operations of the department on behalf of the key grip. They must act as the foreman for the grip department on set, assigning tasks to crew members and managing their tasks and schedules. They are responsible all of the equipment and expendables, keeping detailed records of when the equipment leaves and is returned to the grip truck, ensuring that it is ordered as required, and that it is in the right place at the right time. They must liaise with the key grip to maintain status reports on the running of the department and the work in progress, along with honest estimates of timelines and job completion.

Is this role right for me?

For this role, you will need:

Great technical abilities in this field is essential.

Strong organisational skills and the ability to motivate and direct members of the team.

Knowledge of different types of grip/camera equipment and the latest technological advances.

Good communication skills as the link between the key grip and other crew are important as is the ability to communicate and update effectively.

Leadership and team management within department

Strong awareness of and adherence of health and safety issues

Work with:

• First Assistant Director
• Production Manager
• Art Director

Career Path to Best Boy Grip:

There are no typical career paths for the Best Boy Grip often they would have worked their way through the Grip Department starting as a trainee grip.