Union Crew. Transparent Rates. Production Ready.
Representing 3,000 skilled technicians across 14 departments — trusted by productions worldwide.
In Production
Current union productions across Ontario.
Our Departments
The departments behind every our productions.
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Ensures consistency in a film’s story, visuals, and performances across all shots and scenes, making sure everything matches from take to take.
Position: Script Supervisor
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Provides on-set support across multiple departments, assisting with tasks such as moving equipment, handling materials, and supporting crews to keep production running efficiently.
Position: Labour/Cable
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Prepares, paints, and finishes sets and scenic elements, creating textures, colors, and effects that achieve the desired look and realism for filming.
Positions:
Key Scenic Painter
Head Painter
On Set/Stand-By Painter
Scenic/Painter
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Creates practical effects on set, such as explosions, weather simulations, fire, and mechanical effects, to enhance action and visual storytelling safely and realistically.
Positions:
Special Effects Co-ordinator
Key Special Effects
1st Assistant Special Effects
2nd Assistant Special Effects/Shop Assistant
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Builds, installs, and maintains physical sets and structures for productions, ensuring they are safe, functional, and ready for use during filming.
Positions:
Construction Coordinator
Head Carpenter
On Set/Stand By Carpenter
Carpenter
Assistant Carpenter
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Designs, sets up, and operates lights on set to create the desired mood, atmosphere, and visibility for each scene while supporting the director’s visual vision.
Positions:
Lighting Director
Head Lighting Technician
Head Rigging Lighting Technician
Second Lighting Technician
Second Rigging Lighting Technician
Board Operator
Lighting Technician/ Set Wire Technician
Rigging Lighting Technician
Generator Operator
Basecamp Operator
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Sources, creates, manages, and maintains all objects handled or used by actors on set, ensuring they are accurate, functional, and ready for filming.
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Manages vehicles and logistics on set, ensuring cast, crew, and equipment are safely and efficiently moved to and from locations. They also handle on-set vehicle operations required for filming, supporting scenes that involve cars or other vehicles.
Positions:
Transportation Co-Ordinator
Driver Captain/Picture Car Co-Ordinator
Head Driver
AZ Unit Mover
Driver/Unit Mover/Swamper/Picture Car Wrangler
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Designs, creates, sources, and maintains clothing and accessories for actors, ensuring costumes support the story, time period, and character throughout filming.
Positions:
Costume Designer
Assistant Costume Designer
Cutter
Key Costume
Truck Supervisor
Set Supervisor
1st Buyer
1st Assistant Costume
BG Coordinator
2nd Buyer
1st Costume Builder
2nd Assistant Costume
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Designs and applies makeup to actors, enhancing or transforming their appearance to match characters, maintain continuity, and support the story on screen.
Positions:
Prosthetic & Special Makeup
Personal Makeup Artist
Head of Makeup Department
1st Assistant Makeup Artist
2nd Assistant Makeup Artist
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Captures and manages all audio on set, including dialogue, ambient sounds, and effects, ensuring clear, high-quality recordings for post-production.
Positions:
Sound Recordist/Mixer
Boom Operator
2nd Boom Operator
Pram Operator
Pram Pusher
Sound Assistant
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Our work takes place on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. It is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.