PROFILE
Christopher Hope’s career reaches back to 2002, with hands-on experience across the grip department and a substantial commercial Key Grip portfolio. His Key Grip assignments include Lidl, Corona, Toyota, PEP Home and Woolworths. Alongside that commercial work, he has worked as Dolly Grip on The Wheel of Time Season 3 and the fight unit of Warrior.
Christopher’s long-form career also includes Dolly Grip work on Breathe, The Dark Tower and Maze Runner, and Best Boy Grip assignments on Doctor Who and The Last Post. More recent credits include Best Boy Grip and Key Grip dailies on Take Out, and Best Boy Grip on the action unit of Complete Chaos. His experience spans leading commercial grip work, supporting department heads and handling specialist unit and daily assignments.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Commercial Key Grip credits include Lidl SoMe, Corona, Toyota, PEP Home, Vinted, Truworths and Woolworths.
- Dolly Grip on The Wheel of Time Season 3, Warrior’s fight unit, Breathe, The Dark Tower and Maze Runner.
- Best Boy Grip and Key Grip dailies on Take Out; Best Boy Grip on Complete Chaos’s action unit.
- Best Boy Grip on The Woman King’s second-unit dailies; Rigging Grip on the OMVOH commercial.
- South African; English- and Afrikaans-speaking; Code 8 and Code 10 driving licences.
SELECTED STUDIOS, BROADCASTERS & PLATFORMS
SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS
SELECTED DIRECTORS
Long Form
SELECTED DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Long Form
Commercials
SELECTED PRODUCERS & PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Long Form
Commercials
SELECTED GRIP HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Long Form
Commercials
SELECTED KEY & RIGGING EXPERIENCE
Take Out
Blue Ice Africa
Best Boy Grip / Key Grip (dailies)
The Wheel of Time – Season 3
Film Afrika | Prime Video
Dolly Grip
Warrior
Moonlighting Films | Cinemax / HBO Max
Dolly Grip – fight unit
The Woman King
Moonlighting Films | Sony Pictures
Best Boy Grip – second-unit dailies
Complete Chaos
Film Afrika | Netflix
Best Boy Grip – action unit
Doctor Who
Out of Africa Entertainment | BBC
Best Boy Grip
The Last Post
Film Afrika | BBC
Best Boy Grip
Breathe
Moonlighting Films
Dolly Grip
The Dark Tower
Moonlighting Films | Sony Pictures
Dolly Grip
Maze Runner
Out of Africa Entertainment
Dolly Grip
Lidl SoMe
Cyclone Films
Key Grip
Corona
Monkey Films
Key Grip
Toyota
Cyclone Films
Key Grip
PEP Home
Hogarth Worldwide
Key Grip
Vinted
Sparky Films
Key Grip
Woolworths
The Video Cartel | Big Sky Productions
Key Grip
Truworths
The Video Cartel
Key Grip
OMVOH
Groundglass
Rigging Grip