Garrett Brown

Inventor, Filmmaker, Camera Operator

Garrett Brown is an Oscar winning inventor and cinematographer. In the mid 70’s he invented the Steadicam, an invention that enabled camera operators to move smoothly through space without the shakiness usually associated with handheld camera work. Garrett ushered in the new era of movement as an operator of the Steadicam on such films as 'Rocky' and 'The Shinning'. These two films showed audiences and movie makers just how powerful a tool the Steadicam could be. Garrett would go onto invent many more systems that radically improved movement of cameras including the DiveCam, a device used for Olympic high divers and the SkyCam, a wired camera system that to this day is used on most NFL games.