caption birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
director the hedge-maze set of '' the shining '' . stanley kubrick with steadicam inventor/operator garrett brown on long branch , new jersey 06 april 1942 garrett brown
 garrett brown cinematographer , inventor
garrett brown

garrett brown -lrb- born in april 6 , 1942 -rrb- is an american cinematographer , best known as the inventor of the steadicam .
brown 's invention allows cameramen to film while walking without the normal shaking and jostles of a handheld camera .
the steadicam was first used in the hal ashby film `` bound for glory '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , receiving an academy award -lrb- best cinematography -rrb- , and since used on such films as `` rocky '' , filming rocky 's running and training sequences , and '' '' , where brown walked through a redwood forest with the steadicam shooting film at 1 frame per second to achieve the illusion of high speed motion during the speeder-bike chase .
the sequence in `` rocky '' that took the audience up the steps of the philadelphia art museum for the triumphant moment at the top was first filmed during tests for the original steadicam system .
the system was used extensively on stanley kubrick 's 1980 classic horror film `` the shining '' , starring jack nicholson .
brown 's steadicam work can be seen in over seventy motion pictures .
brown has also invented the skycam -lrb- for football games -rrb- , divecam -lrb- following olympic divers -rrb- and mobycam -lrb- underwater camera following olympic swimmers -rrb- .
garrett brown is the father of jonathan brown , a professional cinematographer in his own right .
both worked together as steadicam operators on the film `` bulworth '' , directed by and starring warren beatty .
a member of the american society of cinematographers and the directors guild of america , garrett brown was recipient of an oscar for scientific or technical achievement from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences and an emmy award from the national academy of television arts and sciences for his invention of the steadicam .
