Gary Thieltges is an

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, owner of Doggicam Systems and best known for inventing camera rigs used on big-budget

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and

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. Upon being hired as the

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of a beer commercial featuring a dog in 1997, his first invention was the Doggicam, a camera on a stick with a monitor at the operator's eye level to view the picture feed. Thieltges' PowerSlide, a wirelessly controlled camera dolly that rides on super rigid track, was used by cinematographer

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in the famous car ambush scene in Alfonso Cuaron's

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. In 2004, the

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awarded Thieltges their Technical Achievement Award for The Bodymount, a lightweight camera support system that can be worn by an actor and placed anywhere on their body. The Bodymount has been on such actors as

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in 8 Mile and on

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in a

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with

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, among many others. In 2005, Thieltges was presented with a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences for the design and development of the Sparrow Head, a lightweight system for remotely controlling the pan and tilt of a camerama.

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Doggicam Systems
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