Crewing for Film & Television

Mandy's Directory seems to hold the most jobs on offer. You can look for crew or post your ad 30 days for free. Definitely good to check out on a regular basis. Their Homepage.

Produxion.com is quickly becoming UK's largest directory for the film and tv industry. You can add and modify your details online, search for production houses, learn about legal issues and more. In 2000 they started charging for some of their services.

If you are looking for work experience rather than ways of paying your bills, subscribe to the Shooting People List, UK's biggest independent film making community. And it is free. Occasionally you may pick up a paid job, but it mainly features those beloved "travel expenses may be covered" "Dogma-style" short films.

If you want to make sure that you never miss a call again, have a look at Yac. They offer a free service that allows you to chose a phone number. If someone calls this number, it will try contacting you under all the usual phone numbers (i.e. home first, mobile next, partner next, work). If it still does not get hold of you, it takes a voice message, which will then be send to you e-mail box - or you can pick it up by phone. Yac also enables you to receive Faxes, which will then be e-mailed to you. No charges to you and the calling party only pays charges similar to those when calling a mobile. The great thing about Yac is that it also works in many countries abroad, great when you are on location in Norway :o)

The Scene Database is located in the Netherlands and caters for film & television production needs. You can also add a link to your home page.

Ultimate Film is setting up a mobile-based diary service. I like the idea.

Catering for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Crew United lists films and TV shows in production.

US-based Shoots also lists jobs. And lets you add your details.

One of the big players in the US is media-match. Lets employers search extensive databases, while freelancers can see who has logged in during the past days.

While you are at it, you might as well give the good old Beeb a chance. They have mainly jobs for TV technicians and admin, though. The BBC also runs the world's biggest education programme.

Film/TV is another place you can add your details to.

You can become a member of the BECTU, who will help you with your job skills.

The Medianetwork offers more traditional media related jobs. And The Guardian has a specialized media section.

Not on the Internet, but definitely worth checking out: Film Log (UK Phone 01843 - 860 885, £10 per quarter, they take credit card bookings), published monthly. A couple of photocopied pages showing most medium to major upcoming productions and giving contact addresses. They also publish PCR which is a similar, weekly publication, mainly targeted at actors.

If you are looking for work experience (or want to offer some), the Guild of Television Cameramen´s web site has a facility to register your requirements.

The Film Production Site is due to launch officially in early 1999. In the meantime one can have a sneak preview of 'work in progress'. Part of the web site is "Crewbase", an on-line database for freelance crew. They try to concentrate on the UK.

ShowBIZ is yet another database in this field.

If you are desperate, you can always look into Loot and search for vacancies there. Sometimes there are ads for Van Drivers or Extras. Good Luck! Click here for ads containing 'film', 'camera' or 'television' or try here for all the ads in the media/art section.

Here's a link to Cinemedia, which itself offers 18,000 cine-related links.

Web Sites of Video and Film Professionals International lists video and film professionals, organizations and companies. You can also register your site for free.

Showbizjobs offers jobs more around the actual screening-site, administrative and other (boring) vacancies.

The Screen International EuroGuide is hiding behind this link.