Crew Hiring Services

Here is how this works in practice. We hire crew across each department for shoots in the UAE, drawing on a workforce that is among the most global in the industry. Our team sources cinematographers, gaffers, grips, sound recordists, art-department staff and production coordinators, vetting credentials and openings before presenting options. The UAE's crew base has been built largely from pros who relocated from across the world.

It is increasingly supplemented by Emirati nationals trained through local film programmes, so we can build teams that are both in tech deep and locally grounded. We handle work-permit and visa planning, structure engagements under UAE labour rules, and negotiate rates in dirhams. The work happens where the AED's peg to the US dollar at roughly 3.67 keeps crew costs predictable.

English is the working language across the crew base. This makes integrating an incoming global key team straightforward.

Here is the breakdown. The UAE has crewed shoots at the highest level. 'Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol' and 'Furious 7' ran major Dubai and Abu Dhabi units, '6 Underground' staged a large-scale Abu Dhabi shoot, and 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' and both 'Dune' films took sizeable crews deep into the Liwa Desert. Each of these projects relied on a resident workforce skilled in supporting big global units. That experience now sits within our hiring network.

Here is the short of it. Productions co-producing with Image Nation Abu Dhabi or working through the Dubai Studio City and Dubai Media City free zones can access department heads, mid-level technicians and daily crew who already know global set protocols. We match crew to the production's scale, the shooting environment and the budget, making sure the team is contracted, logged and ready when prep starts.