Chris Schillinger
c.416-580-7463
www.griphead.com



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Objective 
Key Grip / Best Boy Grip / Rigging Grip / Dolly Grip / Grip


Work Experience
Grip / Rigging Grip
2006 - Present - Nabet 700 CEP Productions, Toronto, Ontario

• Othello (CBC) • Heaven On Earth (Deepa Mehta Films)
• Anne of Green Gables (Sullivan Entertainment) • The Session ( Temple Street Productions)
• Adoration (Ego Film Arts) • Skyrunners (Shaftesbury)
• Camp Rock Rules (Alan Sacks Productions) • Guns
• M.V.P. (Screen Door) • Little Mosque on the Prairie (CBC)
• Nature of the Beast (Jaffe / Braunstein Films) • The Latest Buzz (Decode Entertainment)
• Degrassi The Next Generation (Epitome Pictures)  

Project Manager
2004 - 2006 Global Telecom Solutions, Toronto, Ontario
During a 2 year hiatus from the film industry I worked for a small network installation company. There I managed jobs outsourced to us from Bell, Rogers and Expertech Network Installation. My duty was to analyze a job offered to us and decide whether or not we had the capacity to take it on. If the job was accepted I was responsible for overseeing it to completion and making sure it was properly billed out. The jobs involved power plant upgrades, backup power systems, ADSL upgrades, fiber, Data Multimedia roll out and highspeed cellphone network upgrades.


Key Grip, Best Boy Grip
1999 - 2004 Non Union Freelance - Toronto Film Industry
During this five year period I worked on upwards of 250+ TV Commercials and Rock Videos for the following production companies: Partners, Directors, Spy, LTB, Untitled, Avion, Players, Sparks, Radke, Imported Artists, Nuclear Blubber, Gotham Central, Blink Pictures, Frozen Man, Play, Generator Films, Steam Films and IMAX/Science North.


Key Grip, Best Boy Grip, Rigging Grip, 3rd Grip
1994 - 1999 Nabet 700 Productions, Toronto, Ontario
- Second Unit Key Grip and Best Boy Grip on Due South (final season 1998) and La Femme Nikita (2nd season).
- Grip on the following productions: Stronghold (Power PIctures), We The Jury (Atlantis Films), Face Down Duffering Gate Productions), Night of the Twisters (Atlantis), The Legend of Gatorface (Gatorface Productions), Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (CanWest Global), Senior Trip (Alliance), Taking the Falls (Alliance), Due South (Alliance), La Femme Nikita (1st season - Fireworks Entertainment), Johnny and Clyde(Dufferin Gate), The Wharf Rat (Dufferin Gate), TVO, Never Talk to Strangers (Alliance), Falling for You (Libra Pictures), Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Mysteries (Nelvana), Conundrum (Showtime), Tails you Win - Heads You’re Dead (Ol Prairie Dog Pictures), Mrs. Winterbourne (TriStar Pictures), Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story (NBC), No One Could Protect Her (Power Pictures) and Love Is Not Forever.


Assistant Director, Assistant Project Manger, Co'ordinator, PA
1992 - 1994 Non Union Freelance - Toronto Film Industry
After graduating from York University I started out as a Production Assistant for LTB Productions working on TV Commercials and Rock Videos. Within a year I was helping the PM as a Co'ordinator eventually working as an Assistant Director and Assistant Production Manager on a few small projects.

Certifications
WHMIS
Working at Heights
Dwight Crane Course
Rigging I and II (CBC)
Skills
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel - Self Taught)
Project Management
Staging (Key Grip, Best Boy Grip) Film Industry
Web Design (Self Taught)
1st Year Certified Financial Planning Course (CFP)


Education

1988 - 1992 York University Fine Arts, North York, Ontario
Bachelor of Fine Arts Specialized Honours - Film Production