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Garrett Brown(I)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Visual Effects
  • Additional Crew
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Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown invented the Oscar-winning Steadicam camera stabilizer and used it to shoot over a hundred movies beginning with Rocky (1976). He holds 50 patents worldwide for camera devices including: Steadicam JR for camcorders; Skycam, which flies on wires over sporting events: and Mobycam, the underwater camera that chases the swimmers at the Olympics. These were recently joined by the vertiginous, Emmy-award-winning Divecam and the ultra-light aerial film camera called SuperFlyCam. Garrett has recorded for MGM as a folksinger, made TV commercials, shot films for Sesame Street (1969), and was the other half of the ad-lib duo on the popular Molson and American Express radio commercials. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Directors Guild, the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His popular lecture on "The Moving Camera" has been seen at film festivals and schools, including the Media Lab at MIT.
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  • Awards
    • 12 wins

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Garrett Brown in International Cinematographer's Guild Heritage Series (1991)
Garrett Brown in View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007)
Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown
Haskell Wexler, Garrett Brown, and Wynn Hammer in Bound for Glory (1976)
Sylvester Stallone and Garrett Brown in Rocky (1976)
Sylvester Stallone and Garrett Brown
Stanley Kubrick, Garrett Brown, and Danny Lloyd in The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick and Garrett Brown in The Shining (1980)
Garrett Brown in Bound for Glory (1976)
Vittorio Storaro and Garrett Brown

Known for

Julianne Moore and Gary Sinise in The Forgotten (2004)
The Forgotten
5.8
  • Camera and Electrical Department(SuperFlyCam)
  • 2004
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
8.3
  • Visual Effects(ILM)
  • 1983
William Hurt in Altered States (1980)
Altered States
6.9
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1980
Christopher Lambert in Highlander (1986)
Highlander
7.1
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1986

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, and Naomi Watts in Stay (2005)
    Stay
    • camera operator: SuperFlyCam
    • 2005
  • The Brothers Grimm (2005)
    The Brothers Grimm
    • camera operator: SuperFlyCam (uncredited)
    • 2005
  • Julianne Moore and Gary Sinise in The Forgotten (2004)
    The Forgotten
    • camera operator: SuperFlyCam
    • 2004
  • Nicole Kidman in Birth (2004)
    Birth
    • steadicam operator: title sequence
    • 2004
  • Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, and Dax Shepard in Without a Paddle (2004)
    Without a Paddle
    • camera operator: SuperFlyCam (uncredited)
    • 2004
  • Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, and Hugh Jackman in Someone Like You (2001)
    Someone Like You
    • steadicam operator (uncredited)
    • 2001
  • Michael Biehn and Brittany Murphy in Cherry Falls (2000)
    Cherry Falls
    • steadicam operator
    • 2000
  • José Cura and Eteri Gvazava in La traviata (2000)
    La traviata
    • steadicam operator
    • TV Movie
    • 2000
  • Bulworth (1998)
    Bulworth
    • steadicam operator
    • 1998
  • Before and After (1996)
    Before and After
    • steadicam operator
    • 1996
  • Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci in Casino (1995)
    Casino
    • steadicam operator
    • 1995
  • Two Bits (1995)
    Two Bits
    • additional steadicam operator
    • 1995
  • Paul Feig, Max Goldblatt, Aaron Schwartz, Kenan Thompson, and Shaun Weiss in Heavyweights (1995)
    Heavyweights
    • steadicam operator (uncredited)
    • 1995
  • Katharine Hepburn, Warren Beatty, and Annette Bening in Love Affair (1994)
    Love Affair
    • steadicam operator
    • 1994
  • Wolf (1994)
    Wolf
    • steadicam operator
    • 1994

Visual Effects

  • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    • plate photographer: ILM
    • steadicam operator: ILM
    • 1983

Additional Crew

  • Diane Johnson in View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007)
    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining'
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    • Video
    • 2007

Personal details

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    • Garreth Brown
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    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Won a special technical Oscar for inventing the Steadicam.
  • Trademarks
      Works in Los Angeles, California, USA

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