Course Contributors

Tony “Spotty” Keddy - Key Grip

Tony Keddy has been a Key Grip for over 30 years in the New Zealand Film and Television Industry. In that time he has worked on large scale film projects such as Lord Of The Rings, Avatar, The Hobbit, and various TVC’s that have had a significant amount of motion control elements to them. It was during filming for The Hobbit where an entire unit was dedicated to the scaling of the cast, that Tony began to really appreciate the benefits of motion control. 

Working with this equipment day in and out for a year, Tony was able to refine and hone their processes and also developed a very simple scaling programme by working with the Techno crane.  Last year his Auckland based grip company, Grip HQ, was excited to purchase a brand new Techno Dolly with a view to having at least one more by the end of this year.