DMV Gaffer / Key Grip
Professional lighting and grip for features, commercials, documentaries, and music videos. Reliable. Fast. Detail-obsessed.
Featured Projects: Narrative
Upcoming:
The Upside of Unrequited Grip Swing
The Class Reunion Dolly Grip
Maybe We Should Grip Swing
Kira vs Everyone Grip Swing
James Key Grip
Faces Within Grip Swing
COMPLETE:
One Stupid Thing (2025) Feature - Grip
Tough Cookie (2025) Short - Gaffer
A.L.E.C. (2024) Short - Gaffer
Stinky Summer (2024) Feature - Key Grip
Ghost Game (2024) Feature - Key Grip
The Jester (2023) Feature - Key Grip
20FN20 (2022) Short - Gaffer
Basketball County: In the Water (2020) Doc Feature - Grip
Remember (2020) Short - Key Grip
Hysterium (2020) Short - Gaffer
Lucky Day (2019) Short - Gaffer
Vaporwave (2019) Short - Grip
Dearest Abby (2018) Short - Gaffer
Final Refrain (2018) Short - Grip
Just Desserts (2018) Short - Gaffer
Break (2018) Short - Gaffer
No Glove, No Love (2018) Short - Gaffer
Process (2018) Short - Gaffer
Marvin (2017) Short - Gaffer
Housewarming (2017) iShort - Gaffer
KickBack (2016) Short - Gaffer
Corporate Portfolio:
Clients:
Dolly Grip "Washington Commanders" Media Day
"Washington Commanders" Netflix Special: Green screen 20x20 built, several crew members set up filming equipment, including multiple lights, a green backdrop, ladders, and cameras.
A behind-the-scenes shot of a film or photo shoot setup inside a large tent with a person working in the foreground and a man standing near a camera in front of a green screen with professional lighting equipment surrounding a football player in a jersey.
Feature Film "Offsite" - Key Grip
Feature Film "Offsite" - Key Grip
Key Grip - "Offsite" Feature Overhead 4x4 Rig
Key Grip "Offsite" Feature
Feature Film "Offsite" - Key Grip
Feature Film "Offsite" - Key Grip, Overhead Light Rigging
A film crew captures a scene inside a wooden-paneled room with large windows, with multiple crew members and actors, including a woman sitting on a couch and a man with a camera, amid equipment like lights and microphones.
Key Grip - Corporate "Mike Pence" interveiw
Mike Pence - interview setup
Mike Pence - interview setup
Grip - Feature "Run" - Car Rigging
Mike Pence - interview setup
Film camera crane setup in an outdoor parking lot with people and tents in the background.
Grip - Feature "Run" jib crane
Grip - Feature "Run"
Key Grip - Feature Film "Run"
Key Grip - Feature Film "Run"
A busy filming set inside a restaurant with crew members, cameras, lighting equipment, and actors preparing for a scene. Key Grip - Feature Film "Run"
People dining and socializing in a restaurant with a kitchen visible in the background. The scene is lively with some individuals standing and others seated at tables, engaging in conversations. Key Grip - Feature Film "Run"
A photo of a two-story beach house with white railing and a large deck, under a partly cloudy sky. Film equipment, including a large softbox light, a spotlight, and a black and blue bag, are set up outside the house on the sandy ground.
Key Grip - Feature Film "Run"
Camera Rigging - Short Film
View through a monitor showing a medical examination room with a patient lying on an examination table, a medical lamp overhead, and a telephone on a small table. Specialty Cuts of Diffusion
Rickshak prepped and ready for feature film use "Run"
Grip - Feature "Run" Rickshaw operating
Night for Day Grip and Light setups Behind-the-scenes setup for filming or photography with lighting equipment, black fabric screens, and a house exterior in the background.
Documentary interview setup: Gaffing and Grip
Documentary interview setup: Gaffing and Grip
Historical Re-enactments: Grip work
Documentary interview setup: Gaffing and Grip
Documentary interview setup: Gaffing and Grip
Historical Re-enactments: Grip work Photo of a professional photography studio with a green chroma key backdrop, studio lighting equipment, including softboxes and umbrellas, and a person standing in front of the green screen.
Close-up of a device mounted on a bicycle handlebar displaying a video of an elderly woman with gray hair, wearing a black top, sitting indoors with a colorful background of paintings, flowers, and books.
Documentary interview setup: Gaffing and Grip
A covered porch area with photography equipment, including lighting, a bicycle, and a storage box, overlooking a sandy beach with some vegetation and a cloudy sky in the background.
Special Camera Rigging: A behind-the-scenes view of film production in a dimly lit restaurant or cafe setting with crew members, camera equipment, and patrons at tables.
Documentary interview setup: Gaffing and Grip Two cameras are set up to film or record a scene inside a library . Two people are present: one man standing and working with electronic equipment, and one woman sitting and looking at her phone.
Historical Re-enactments: Grip work
Corporate interview: Grip Work
Corporate interview: Gaffing and Grip Work
Corporate interview: Gaffing and Grip Work People participating in a photo or video shoot in a home kitchen and dining area, with professional camera equipment visible.
Overhead Menace Arm Rig: Gaffing and Grip Work
A group of people sitting around a poker table with a large softbox light above them, with camera equipment set up nearby.
Filming a video interview in a cozy kitchen with two people seated and crew members operating camera equipment and lighting.
Interior of a room used for filming or photography, with professional lighting and camera equipment set up. There are people working amidst portraits hanging on the wall.
Supreme Court Justice Interview: A television screen displays an interview with two men seated in a wood-paneled room, surrounded by framed portraits and a brass chandelier.
Lidl Commercial: Grip Work A professional video recording setup in a store aisle, with lighting equipment, a backdrop, and a person wearing a yellow vest preparing to record.
Grip Work: Feature Film Photo of a video camera monitor showing a man kneeling in prayer inside a mosque, illuminated by sunlight rigged condor lights streaming through windows.
Behind the scenes view of a video or photo shoot, with crew members operating cameras, lighting, and other equipment, and a person seated at a desk.
Overhead Grid Rigging: 12x12 Diffusion and Rigged Lights
Scene from a film or photo shoot at an outdoor patio at night, with crew members setting up a camera and lighting. A woman in a white outfit sits on a couch holding a glass, while crew members work around her with equipment and monitors. The background includes a brick wall, windows, and a second story balcony.
Behind the scenes of a video shoot, with crew members working with equipment and a large screen displaying a scene of people standing outdoors in a forest with autumn foliage.