20 Safety on Set
It was genuinely tragic news in 2014 when assistant cameraperson Sarah Jones lost her life on a train trestle in Georgia. Word of the event rattled the film industry, mainly because of the blatant disregard for safety shown by the filmmakers. Then it happened again in 2021 when director of photography Halyna Hutchins was tragically killed by a live bullet, which was not supposed to be on set, on the set of Rust. These were not the only deaths or injuries on a film set. I once met a man who lost his legs when an errant stunt car careened into the camera truck he was sitting in. From 1980 to 1990, there were thirty-seven ...
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