What's a Grip?

11. What's a Comedy Researcher?

Bethy Squires is a researcher for fact-based comedy shows, meaning she's responsible for making sure every d*ck joke on Drunk History is a historically accurate d*ck joke

10. What's Standards & Practices?

Rasheea Hall is VP of Standards & Practices for the Fox Broadcasting Company, and she's here to teach us that S&P is about WAY more than bleeping curse words (although th

9. What's a Dubbing Director/Adapter?

Tyler Rhoads has made a career for himself as a director and script adaptor for dubbing international projects into English. He talks through what exactly that means, sha

8. What's Remote Production?

Jillian is back on the hot seat in the first episode recorded since the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about her experience working on the quarantine episode of Apple TV's

7. What's a Costume Designer?

Natalie O'Brien is a talented costume designer who's been making her mark on the independent film world. Natalie talks about her early days hustling on low budget project

6. What's a Story Producer?

Kristin Carroll is a Story Producer for reality television. Yes, we thought the concept of "frankenbiting" was pretty interesting too. Kristin talks about her career as a

5. What's Current Programming?

Sandra Leviton is an independent film producer and one of the most driven people we've ever met. She walks us through her professional path -- which, like so many in the

4. What's a Script Supervisor?

Script Supervisor is one of the most important and misunderstood jobs in the film business. Often mistaken for other departments with "script" in their title, Script Supe

3. What's an Art Director?

Alyssa Hill is an Art Director who has worked on some of our favorite series. From "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" to "I'm Dying Up Here" to the upcoming "Penny Dread

2. What's a Film Loader & 2nd AC?

Lacey Joy works as a film loader and 2nd camera assistant. She talks passionately about how her first love, photography, led her to the camera department, gets into her f

1. What's a Casting Director?

Welcome to the first episode of "What's A Grip? The Below The Line Podcast!" To kick things off, we spoke with Cara Chute Rosenbaum, a Casting Director who's been respons

0. What's This Podcast?

Just a little intro to what we're trying to accomplish here -- meet us (Annie & Jillian), and get to know "What's a Grip?". If you're a filmmaker looking to understand yo