THE OPEN SLATE: Patrick Waggett

Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered why there needs to be a Second 2nd Assistant Director? Or what the Best Boy is supposed to be the best at? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about how and why they joined the movie business, how they contribute day-to-day to the creation of cinema, and how they maintain their careers in a high-pressure, highly sought after field.

First up is Rewind’s very own Patrick Waggett, an Assistant Director with dozens of credits including a host of major series and feature films for some of the biggest studios in the world. Gali charts his career from the early days of commuting hundreds of miles from his native Leicester for gigs and sleeping on couches, to having his phone nicked on-screen by Kylie Minogue, to establishing his life in London and regularly working with super famous stars on massive-scaled productions.

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