Edmund DiGiulio

Edmund DiGiulio (June 13, 1927 – June 4, 2004) was an American technical innovator who founded Cinema Products Corporation that developed the Steadicam, CP-16, and won multiple Academy Scientific and Technical Awards as well as the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for his contributions to motion picture technology in 2001.

Biography DiGiulio received his B.S. from Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1950. After graduation, he spent 10 years working for IBM.

As head of Cinema Products Corporation, he oversaw the development of Steadicam, invented by Garrett Brown, who licensed the company to develop and manufacture the product. He was credited for developing the CP-16 that were widely used by television journalists and was the technique behind The Blair Witch Project in 1999. He received a Technical Achievement Award in 1998 for the design of the KeyKode Sync Reader.

Personal life DiGiulio died on June 4, 2004, at 76. He is survived by his wife, Louise; a daughter, Amanda Richmond; and one granddaughter.