key grip

noun

Movies.

1. the chief stagehand on a movie set.

key grip

noun

1. the person in charge of moving and setting up camera tracks and scenery in a film or television studio See also grip 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of key grip¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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.

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Price was the key grip, who handled the nonelectric support gear.

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Bodie Hyman, a key grip, and his wife, a yoga instructor, have spent about $40,000 of their savings, mostly to pay for food and the mortgage on their Woodland Hills home, where they are raising their two children.

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“It’s completely out of your hands — we all of course support the writers, we support the actors, but at the cost of our own livelihoods,” said Hyman, the key grip.

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Collaborating with Adam Stockhausen, Anderson’s production designer, and Robert Yeoman, the cinematographer, Sami — whose official title is key grip, the head of his department — has an unusual amount of input.

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