Carl Carter is a professional photographer who once worked as a grip in movies filmed in New YorkCity. The job of the grip is to install the tracks upon which cameras are mounted and also performsother manual labor as needed on a movie set. Carl was hired many times by both Woody Allen andSidney Lumet, directors and movie makers who filmed most of their movies in New York City. Allen andLumet made movies that were very different. Allen is famous for light, romantic comedies, such asAnnie Hall, Bullets over Broadway and Everybody says I Love You. Sidney Lumet’s movies are muchdarker and more dramatic. Among his most famous works are Twelve Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoonand Serpico.