RIGGING IN FILM:


Entertainment rigging is its own world, with its own mad scientists, daredevils, and rock stars.


BY MIKE CHALMERS


Many of the world’s most famous faces and personalities will garner precious amounts of camera time at this year’s 88th Academy Awards at the Dolby Teatre in Hollywood, California. And the films themselves will, at least for a night, finally receive their just deserves.


What probably won’t receive as much of the spotlight is the enormous amount of rigging that goes into a Hollywood production. In fact, entertainment rigging is a world within a world, with its own celebrities, mad scientists, daredevils, and rock stars. Oddly enough, WRE had the great fortune to


track down one of the biggest names in the world of entertainment rigging (and in this case, stunt rigging), and ask him about the ins and outs of this “world,” and what it’s like to set up and operate rigging projects that comprise some of the most talked-about films of the


18 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 WIRE ROPE EXCHANGE


year—films that end up on stage in envelopes at the Dolby Teatre each February. Keir Beck is one of the most experienced and sought


after Stunt Rigger/Stunt Coordinators on Earth. With over two decades of adventure sports and climbing under his belt, and nearly fifteen years at the helm of his own entertainment rigging endeavor, Beck has become a world-renowned specialist in the Stunt Rigging and Coordinating arena. His resume is a head-turner: Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions, Casino Royale, Superman Returns, San Andreas, Narnia, Pitch Black,


BEHIND THE CAMERA WITH AN INDUSTRY ALL-STAR


Teamwork and comradery is the glue that keeps entertainment rigging teams safe, successful, and always at the top of their game.


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