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Nick Valentini

Electrical Professional | Gaffer, Best Boy Electric, Grip, Lighting Technician

📞 +61 435 514 289

✉️ nickvalentini97@gmail.com

🇦🇺 Australian

📍 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Languages: English, Italian

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Nick Valentini is a Perth based lighting technician and gaffer with over five years of full time experience across long form drama, feature film, short form, reality, documentary, TVC, and stills productions. Since 2020, Nick has progressed steadily from lighting assistant through to best boy electric and gaffer, taking on increasing responsibility and on-set leadership with every production.

Most recently, Nick worked as Best Boy Electrics on the Netflix original series Breakers, which wrapped production in June 2026; one of the most significant international productions to shoot in Australia this year. His other credits span high-end streaming drama including Scrublands and The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer, along with the award-winning short Middle Management. Nick is equally comfortable leading a lighting team, supporting a department head, or working solo, and brings reliability, technical skill, and a genuinely collaborative approach to every set he's on.



KEY INTERESTS

• High-end television drama and feature film lighting/electrics
• Progressing from grip and electrics support roles into gaffer and department leadership
• Collaborative, cross-department work with camera and lighting teams
• Working across the full spectrum of production scale, from acclaimed shorts to major streaming series
• Safety-focused, technically driven sets with strong crew coordination

PRODUCTION VALUE

• Best Boy Electrics on Breakers (Netflix, wrapped June 2026), one of the most significant international productions to shoot in Australia this year
• Electrics on The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer (Binge, 2025) and Best Boy Electrics on Scrublands: Silver (Stan, 2025), both high-end Australian streaming productions
• Rapid progression from lighting assistant (2020) to gaffer within five years, reflecting strong technical growth and on-set leadership
• Award-winning credit as Gaffer on Middle Management (Short, 2023)
• Proven across TV series, feature films, shorts, documentary, TVC, and stills; genuinely full-spectrum experience
• Trusted on both long-form drama and fast-turnaround short form, equally comfortable leading a lighting team, supporting a department head, or working solo

KEY SKILLS

• Grip equipment setup and operation
• On-set safety and rigging
• Collaboration with camera and lighting departments
• Problem-solving in dynamic production environments
• Knowledge of grip gear maintenance and transport
• Electrical/Lighting Dept: Gaffer, Best Boy Electric, Lighting Technician, Lighting Assistant
• Grip Dept: Grips Assistant, Swing
• Lighting design, rigging, crew coordination, team leadership
• Experience across TV series, feature films, shorts

CERTIFICATIONS & EQUIPMENT

Drivers License: Class: HR; Manual; Trailer; Own Vehicle

Certifications: Working at Heights; Working in Confined Spaces; EWP, Test and Tag; WWC Check

Equipment: Lighting package (Van)

SELECTED CREDITS

Television & Streaming Series

• Best Boy, Electrics, Breakers (TV Series, 2026): Netflix, wrapped June 2026
• Gaffer, Stained Glass (Previously: The Strong Ones: Y-Shac) (Doco Series, 2025)
• Gaffer, The Longest Journey (TV Series, 2025): In Production
• Best Boy, Electrics, Scrublands (TV Series, 2025; 4 eps)
• Electrics, The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer (TV Mini-Series, 2025; 8 eps)

Feature Films & Shorts

• Gaffer, Full Throttle (2025)
• Lighting Technician, Coming Home (Ballet) (2025)
• Electrics, We Bury The Dead (2024)
• Electrics, He Ain't Heavy (2024)
• Gaffer, Bathers (Short, 2024)
• Lighting Technician, He Ain't Heavy (2024)
• 4th Electrics, Kid Snow (2024)
• Lighting Assistant, Love Me Lex (2023)
• Lighting Technician, How to Please a Woman (2022)
• 4th Electrics (Electrics), Moorehouse Road (2022), also credited as gaffer above
• Gaffer, Moorehouse Road (2022)
• Gaffer, Overwritten (Short, 2021)

Shorts & Web Content

• Third Electrics, Iggy & Ace (TV Series, 2021; 6 eps)
• Gaffer, Maroshi's Monster (Short, 2020)
• Gaffer, Hitchhiker from Heaven (Short, 2020)

Award-Winning & Noteworthy Projects

• Gaffer, Middle Management (Short, 2023)

REFERENCES

Provided on request