Focus puller

/fˈəʊkəs pˈʊlə/

/fˈoʊkəs pˈʊlɚ/

[noun]

Focus puller

[NOUN]

a member of the camera crew who adjusts the focus of the camera lens during filming

Examples

1. And then in addition to that, there's two focus pullers.

2. And you can imagine 17 or 18 cameras, each camera having an operator, a focus puller, a loader, and a runner.

3. It might sound simple, but for decades focus pullers couldn’t look through the camera lens while doing their job, because the camera operator was looking through the lens.

4. While ACs aren’t actually framing shots and operating the camera, the First AC helps focus the camera, so they’re sometimes known as the Focus Puller.