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Spiltwordsinabucket t1_ivy60g4 wrote

Reply to comment by ArkGibson in Alex Gibson - Assistant Director and Background Coordinator - Anything you want to know about the film industry I am happy to share with you. by ArkGibson

Thank you so much for your reply! I appreciate it so much!! May I ask you one last thing? Is it common to see foreign people work in the industry? Like, I don’t know, a german working in a US production? Is it an international environment?

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ArkGibson OP t1_ivygo56 wrote

Feel free to ask as many questions as pop into your head - that’s what I’m here for :)

Yes absolutely international. I’ve worked with people from Brazil, Columbia, Japan, China, Korea, Germany, Russia, Italy, France, Australia, New Zealand and the UK as well as Nigeria and Iran. Off the top of my head that is… I may have missed a few countries.

These are all people who’ve either got work visas or permanent residency - but it’s absolutely common for our Canadian film industry to have people from overseas.

The language barrier can be a problem but I myself manage. I learned Korean for Pachinko, Japanese for Shogun, and most recently had a day crash course in Arabic and Farsi (I suck) since we had 150 first time background older Persian and Arab world people for an Algerian airport scene. It makes life tough but exciting and you get to meet so many different cultures and make friends outside your usual bubble.

Hope that helps!

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