Kent Jorgensen

Kent Jorgensen has been the Safety and Training Representative for IATSE Local 80 since 1996 where he is responsible for executing the Local’s safety program and managing and developing their training program. Kent is a member of the Industry Wide Labor-Managment Safety Committee, American National Standards Accredited Committee ANSI/SIA A92 which writes standards for the manufacture and use of aerial platforms, and the ESTA Technical Standards Program Camera Cranes and Rigging working groups. Kent attended California Lutheran University where he received a BA in Communication Arts.

He began working in the entertainment industry in 1984 mostly on low budget movies, movie of the weeks, commercials, industrials, and rock videos. Kent left the industry briefly, spending a year and half working on a graduate degree in communications at the University of South Dakota before returning to Los Angeles to work on movies. In 1990, Kent became a member of IATSE, Local 80 Grips.