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== An electrician in charge of lighting on a movie or television set. A gaffer could mean a boss in the UK, or a movie industry, or a type of adhesive tape, or it could be a slang term for something else entirely.

It can also be used to refer to one's father or grandfather. Chief lighting technician

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A gaffer in the motion picture industry and on a television crew is an electrician, sometimes head of the electrical department, repsonsible for the execution and sometimes the design of the lighting plan for a productions's grips.

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A gaffer is a person who does odd jobs around the set such as using gaffer tape, carrying cable, setting up equipment and getting coffee.

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Chief lighting technician

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A lighting electrician

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