Garrett Brown

Garrett Brown

Camera and Electrical DepartmentVisual EffectsAdditional Crew
Born
April 6, 1942
Awards
12 wins, 12 nominations

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…

Biography

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.

Camera and Electrical Department

StayStay(2005)
The Brothers GrimmThe Brothers Grimm(2005)
The ForgottenThe Forgotten(2004)
BirthBirth(2004)
Without a PaddleWithout a Paddle(2004)

Soundtrack

Sesame StreetSesame Street(1969)

Self

Uncovering WolfenUncovering Wolfen(2025)as Self
Boorman and the DevilBoorman and the Devil(2025)as Themselves
CBS Saturday MorningCBS Saturday Morning(2012)as Self - Guest
The Nature of Invention(2019)as Self - Inventor
The Equation of DreamsThe Equation of Dreams(2018)

Known for

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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 BrownGarrett BrownGarrett BrownHaskell Wexler, Garrett Brown, and Wynn Hammer in Bound for Glory (1976)