gaffer

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It’s telling that while Mr. Deakins takes pains to praise his longtime gaffer, key grip, dolly grip, best boy and more, he never bothers to define those roles for the lay reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

I said: 'Why do I want to watch a movie with you gaffer?!'

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

This means he ensures the director feels comfortable with the gaffer, the dolly grip, the key grip, so that there’s no one on set that feels like a stranger.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

He gives an example of a gaffer he'd worked with - whose role it is to manage lighting - who had more than 30 years' experience.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

‘I must go home. They’ve dug up Bagshot Row, and there's the poor old gaffer going down the Hill with his bits of things on a barrow. I must go home!’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien