Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc.

Thanks to the University of Southern Nevada for stopping by Matthews Headquarters! ! It’s always a pleasure to host the next generation of filmmakers and show them where innovation and manufacturing magic happens!

Enjoy a safe and fun holiday weekend celebrating our beautiful country’s independence!! We’ll be back at it on Monday morning! Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸💥🇺🇸

Y’all got 30 mins to get over to !! Grip 101: Stand Selection Workshop about to kick off!! See ya here!

Join us !! Open to all, RSVP at www.filmtools.com, see you there!!

Visit The Original Hollywood Grip Company at Stand 502. World Class Support for the Image Capturing community. View a demonstration of the worlds tallest Lighting Stand, our Award Winning Boom Arms, the incredibly reliable Litemover and much more! Be sure to also swing by Stand 406 to check out our equipment in action with our friends at Cineo Lighting.

Phone and Internet have been restored!! Hooray!

CineGear Week is Here!!! Come check out the Newest Support Gear from the Original Hollywood Grip Company!!

The Original Hollywood Grip Company is headed to Dubai! Looking forward to meeting new friends, showing off our World Class Support and learning about the grip needs of the image making community on this side of the globe.

All Weather Water Repellent High Visibility Sand Bags are a dream for location work! Wrapping out in the dark is already a drag, losing Sand Bags or having to dry them out for a week doesn’t have to add to the suck!

Happy May 1st Everybody!! 😂
But really…our Mafers are a fantastic clamping system with tons of helpful adapters! Bites round and Square stock like a champ!
Have to give credit to for the funny!

Still feeling that Amazing NAB energy! Showing off our World Class Gear is great, but visiting with our friends and making new ones is a highpoint of these events. Check out our great friends sending love from Kurosawa Film Studio of Japan! Best of the Best!

We are extremely proud of the features and top notch quality found in Matthews Studio Equipment! Our gear is designed within the industry, support solutions born on sets and in the studio. We have always worked hand-in-hand with creators and innovators to introduce World Class Gear to the image making community and beyond. We appreciate your trust in The Original Hollywood Grip Company.

NAB is almost here! Use our guest code, so much exciting new gear to check out! See you in the booth!

Didn’t think we’d see totality right here in Burbank, but will ya look at that…Aaaaaamazing!

Just days away from NAB 2024 and we couldn’t be more excited! Team Matthews has been working long and hard on some amazing support solutions, and the time is almost upon us! See you soon in Booth C6725.

That was Painful….and really really funny!! Our sincere apologies to our amazing community, yesterday’s post should have been prefaced with a trigger warning.
All jokes aside, this post is here to make it right..always to the right!! Appreciate all of the comments, it’s our responsibility to take care of each other. Safety is no accident!

Set it and forget it!!
Forget it is right! This hurt to set up…. #

Lighting Control On Location, Oh Ya, Max Menace has you covered, literally! Awesome photo and setup shared by a couple of local 80’s finest, and , illustrating the awesome rigs and total control that can be accomplished with the right tools, creativity and expertise!!

NAB is almost here!! Join us in the Central Hall where we will be Officially Releasing Brand New Innovations!! Super excited for our creative community to get their hands on our New Gear!! See you in Las Vegas!

MT-1 Tripods in for Top Notch TLC in our service department. Can they handle the weight? Most Definitely! With a 265lbs(120kg) capacity, it’s no wonder why these are the Industry Workhorse for broadcast camera support. Whether it’s a whip pan on the racetrack, a pop-fly in the ball park or chasing the lead singer across the stage, the MT-1 is the most reliable, adjustable and stable tripods in the industry.

Such a fantastic weekend sharing our World Class Support with the New York filmmaking community! Our top notch team knocked CineGear NY outta the park! Middle Max and The Grip Rail are out in the world! Air Climber and the Litemover continue to blow minds!! Innovation at its finest from The Original Hollywood Grip Company! More to come at NAB!! Massive shout out to Tyler who jetted back to the West Coast to join our team at the Cinelease Open House! Fantastic Weekend!! Thank you to all who visited our booths, old friends and new!

Head over to the Cinelease Open House RIGHT NOW to meet with this beautiful team! Lots of surprises! Lots of fun! World Class Gear!

Always a great time visiting Joel and our friends!! Evidence has the coolest camera gear! Got to check out the new Sony Burano and a bunch of specialty glass and filters!! Reach out to for your camera needs!

Can’t wait to show off our World Class Gear at NY CineGear! Come check out our AirClimber, 25’ Pneumatic Support. Also get your hands on the Litemover, universal remote head designed for the leading industry lighting units and reflector boards and mirrors. We also have a HUGE surprise…in a middle sized kinda way!

There are many ways to get a job done, we prefer the Max Menace Arm! Wonderful post from our friends showing Max doing what it does best, Booming a lighting unit right where it’s needed. Thank you Gibeon Film!
: “Matthews Max Menace Arm with Nanlux Evoke 2400B! Only Max could’ve reached and only Evoke could’ve been so powerful given the circumstances.
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Matthews congratulates the winners and nominees of the 38th ASC Awards. We are incredibly proud to be part of such a talented, supportive, creative and hard working community! Events like this help remind us how amazing it is to be living the dream!

This is not CGI, this is Real Life!! Max Menace booming waaaay out, it’s a thing of beauty. Thanks to for this awesome post and for their trust in our Purpose Designed Equipment!
: “Well after years of being stubborn and fighting with speed rail menace arms... we finally hopped on the Matthews Max Menace Arm train.. Yo the struggle is over lol.”

💥BOOM💥 Normally their jobs are staying out the shot, but today a few of our World Class Booms are the Stars⭐️! In the studio or on location, video projects or photo shoots, our booms help support your lighting gear right where it’s needed while keeping the stands out of the way.

Junior Grid Clamps!! Proud to manufacture the Worlds Most Trusted Hardware. When it’s overhead it has to be reliable, that’s what we’re all about. No Cutting Corners, Safety First!

Let the Wheels Do the Work! Love seeing all this rollable support! When the terrain is right, wheels take the load off our backs, knees, shoulders….ya, they’re Great!
Thanks to for this awesome post! Bring your production to life with Quality Grip and Electric Rentals, in and around the NY area.
: “One of Candle’s feature truck packages standing by on set, some our S60s prepped on stands, along with hampers with equipment ready to go. Candle carries truck packages of various sizes, from ½ ton van packages, to larger feature truck packages, and everything in between. Reach out to Candle to see how we can assist you with your next G&E equipment rental needs”.