Bill McCord - Grip


4513 Dryades Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
504 897-5300 (H)
Email : keygrip@linknet.net


FEATURE FILMS

Double Jeopardy - Underwater Unit Key Grip - Mississippi - Oct & Nov, 1998.
Crazy in Alabama - Grip - Louisiana - April & May, 1998.
A Murder of Crows - Grip - New Orleans & Key West - December, 1997.
Primary Colors - 2nd Unit Best Boy - Louisiana - May, 1996.
Lolita - Rigging Grip - New Orleans - Nov thru Dec, 1995.
Dead Man Walking - 2nd Unit Key Grip - Louisiana - April thru May, 1995.
Heaven’s Prisoners - Underwater & 2nd Unit Key Grip - Louisiana - June thru Sept, 1994.
Interview with the Vampire - 2nd Unit Key Grip - Louisiana - Oct thru Nov, 1993.
The Client - Grip - New Orleans - July thru August, 1993.
The Pelican Brief - Grip - New Orleans - May thru June, 1993.
JFK - Rigging Unit Best Boy Grip - New Orleans - April thru July, 1991.
Crisscross - 2nd Unit Key Grip - Key West - June thru August, 1990.
True Colors - Best Boy Grip - VA, MD, MT & Washington, DC - March thru June, 1990.
Wild at Heart - Grip - Louisiana - Oct, 1989.
Crazy People - Grip - Virginia - April thru July, 1989.
The Feud - Key Grip - North Carolina - Sept thru Nov, 1988.
Licence to Kill - Grip - Key West - August, 1988.
Date with an Angel - Best Boy Grip - North Carolina - Feb thru May, 1987.
The Bedroom Window - 2nd Unit Key Grip - North Carolina - May thru July, 1986.
Marie - Grip - Tennessee & North Carolina - Nov, 1984 thru Feb, 1985.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Agent - IATSE Motion Picture Studio Mechanics Local 478 of Louisiana - 1996 to 1999.
Key Grip - Hundreds of Television Commercials, Music Videos, Documentaries and Industrial Films throughout the United States and Europe with many different production companies. This includes the operation of all the different camera cranes and dollies. Some of my clients have included Levi’s, Budweiser, Ford, Chevrolet, Nike, Coca Cola, General Motors, IBM, MacDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Toyota, Nissan, Boyz 2 Men, Traffic, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, U2, The Police, The Neville Brothers, Hank Williams Jr., Aerosmith, Greenpeace, the National Endowment for the Arts, Aids Foundation and Amnesty International.

THEATRE

Scene & Lighting Design - "The Impressionists Room" - A play by Tim Williams - London, England - Summer, 1992.
Follow Spot, Lighting & Scenic Crew - Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Mick Jagger, Tom Petty, ELP, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Spinal Tap, Bonnie Raitt, the WWF and others at Wembley Stadium, Royal Albert Hall, the Hammersmith Odeon, the Paladium and other theatres throughout London, England. May thru Oct, 1992.
Lighting & Scenic Crew - The Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Opera and many theatres throughout Atlanta, Georgia. 1984 thru 1989.
Scene & Lighting Design - Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace - West Hollywood, CA. May thru December, 1979.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts - 1996 - University of New Orleans - Department of Drama & Communications - Film Studies major.
Bachelor of Fine Arts - 1981 - North Carolina School of the Arts - School of Design & Production - Technical Theatre - Technical Direction major.

REFERENCES

Chris Menges, Bill D’Elia, Robert Richardson, Roger Deakins, Dante Spinotti, Philippe Rousselot, Stephen Goldblatt, Victor Kemper, Alex Thompson, Steve Hank, Mike Coo, Gaylin Schultz, Jeff Kluttz, C. Alan Rawlins, Pat Daily, Steele Hunter, George Patsos and Peter Bloor.

Addresses, phone numbers and other references available upon request.