From day players to department heads, Gaffr turns timecards, union rates, and box rentals into clean, compliant paychecks — even when the schedule changes twice before lunch.
IATSE, DGA, SAG-AFTRA, and Teamsters rate tables baked in. Meal penalties, turnaround, and golden hours calculate the moment a timecard lands.
UPMs and 2nd ADs approve digital timecards from the truck. No more chasing paper start slips through three departments after wrap.
Onboard a 400-person crew with pre-built deal memos, W-4s, and I-9s. Everything routes to the right coordinator automatically.
Handle loan-out corporations, fringes, and residual reporting cleanly, so post and accounting aren't reconciling numbers six months later.
Cost reports map straight to your general ledger and hot costs. Line producers see labor spend by department in real time.
Run splits across states and incentives while Gaffr tracks withholding and location rules for every unit on every day.
“We closed payroll on a 62-day feature without a single re-issue check. Our accountant used to lose a week to union reconciliation — now it's an afternoon.”
“The start paperwork alone paid for Gaffr. Onboarding a 300-person background day used to eat two coordinators. Now it's one person and a phone.”
“Our line producers finally trust the labor numbers mid-week instead of waiting for the weekly. That changes how we make decisions on set.”
For commercials, music videos, and single-unit shoots.
For features and series juggling multiple units.
For studios running many productions at once.