GARTH SCOTT

KEY GRIP / BEST BOY GRIP

An extensive Best Boy Grip career, with Key Grip work on Ander Mens and international brand campaigns.

PROFILE

Garth Scott has built a substantial Best Boy Grip career through repeat collaborations with Key Grips Storm Williamson and Henri Marais. Recent credits include Hag, Match and Take Out with Blue Ice Africa, and Project Arcadia with Film Afrika. His earlier Best Boy Grip work includes Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Escape Room and 1923.

Garth also works as a Key Grip, with credits on Ander Mens and commercials for BMW, Staysure, State Street and Deichmann. His dolly work includes Bloodshot’s second unit, Origin and second-unit dailies on Children of Blood & Bone. He has also worked as a rigger on Warrior Season 2 and as Rigging Grip on Logitech, adding specialist camera support experience to his Key Grip and Best Boy Grip work.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Recent Best Boy Grip credits include Hag, Match, Take Out and Project Arcadia.
  • Best Boy Grip on Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Escape Room and 1923.
  • Key Grip on Ander Mens and commercial campaigns for BMW, Staysure, State Street and Deichmann.
  • Specialist unit work includes Best Boy Grip on Warrior’s fight and splinter units, and double banking on Invasion.
  • South African; English-speaking; Code 8 driving licence.

SELECTED DIRECTORS

Long Form

Kevin MacdonaldJ. J. PerryDavid PetrarcaOliver HermanusIan GabrielJustin Chadwick

SELECTED DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Long Form

Trevor BrownGeorge AmosBen RichardsonNicole WhitakerManny FerreiraMaxime AlexandreLuis SansansDavid ProcterDavid HiggsGiulio BiccariMarc SpicerJacques KoudstaalMichael Seresin

SELECTED PRODUCERS & PRODUCTION MANAGERS

Long Form

Andrea PienaarLathiem GroenmeyerMegan TinklerNikki WichmannAngela PhillipsCheryl EatockSimon RhodesMaricia PietersePeter MacAleeseAndrew StrachanVanessa HauptJanine van AssenDonovan Robert-BaxterElmarie Botha

Commercials

Jared MalinNikki GeaterSulaiman PeckKim Fowler-ForbesTarryn Greybe-DunnNomtha DanoNatalie RademeyerMinet WilliamsMegan BakerAnja TeufelVuyo OyiyaHelmke Moller

SELECTED GRIP HEADS OF DEPARTMENT

Long Form

Storm WilliamsonHenri MaraisZak O’LearyStephen KnipeZahir KarriemJP RidgwayBohdi SchoemanToni SchoemanZann WienandCraig Bekker

Commercials

Henri MaraisStorm WilliamsonZak O’LearyBohdi SchoemanAdrian van As

SELECTED STUDIOS, BROADCASTERS & PLATFORMS

Paramount+Sony PicturesWarner Bros.Cinemax / HBO MaxUniversal 1440 EntertainmentLionsgate Television

SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS

BMWStaysureState StreetDeichmannSwitch BeautyWestlandAramcoSky FootballLidlRyobiLogitechTom FordFormula EAir CanadaLinkedInStarbucksAsicsStandard Bank

SELECTED GRIP EXPERIENCE

Hag

Blue Ice Africa

Best Boy Grip

Match

Blue Ice Africa

Best Boy Grip

Take Out

Blue Ice Africa

Best Boy Grip

Project Arcadia

Film Afrika

Best Boy Grip

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Moonlighting Films | Warner Bros.

Best Boy Grip

1923

Moonlighting Films | Paramount+

Best Boy Grip

Warrior

Moonlighting Films | Cinemax / HBO Max

Best Boy Grip – fight unit

Invasion (Kanji)

Moonlighting Films

Best Boy Grip – double banking

The Woman King

Moonlighting Films | Sony Pictures

Best Boy Grip – second unit

Ander Mens

Marche Media

Key Grip

Bloodshot

Moonlighting Films | Sony Pictures

Dolly Grip – second unit

Children of Blood & Bone

Moonlighting Films

Dolly Grip – second-unit dailies

Origin

Moonlighting Films | Left Bank Pictures

Dolly Grip

Escape Room

Moonlighting Films | Columbia Pictures

Best Boy Grip

BMW

Groundglass

Key Grip

Staysure

Migrate Film Co.

Key Grip

State Street

Migrate Films

Key Grip

Deichmann

North South Productions

Key Grip