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Panavision is the world's leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of precision film and digital camera systems, lenses and accessories for motion pictures, television series and television commercials. Winner of numerous global awards, including Oscar® and Emmy® awards, Panavision camera systems and technology have been widely used in filming major motion pictures for over 50 years, from legendary films including LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and BEN-HUR to today's features including IRON MAN and BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT. In television, Panavision film and digital camera systems are used on U.S. prime time episodic network and cable television productions such as CSI, all three versions of LAW & ORDER, LOST and 24.
In addition, the Company is a leading worldwide rental house of film and digital systems available from virtually every major manufacturer, with offices throughout the world. It also manufactures and sells lighting filters and other color-correction and diffusion filters through its Lee Filters operation.
Panavision's Panalux™ global lighting business supplies lighting systems to filmmakers around the planet with offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The Panalux group provides lighting, lighting grip, power distribution, generation and related transportation equipment. Recently, Panalux supplied the lighting needs of major films such as CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN, MADE OF HONOR, and the upcoming QUANTUM OF SOLACE, the new James Bond film.
Panavision is the leading voice in motion pictures produced on film and digital media. Over half of all films awarded Oscars® for Best Picture of the Year since 1990 have been shot with Panavision's cameras and lenses. In addition, over 80 percent of Oscar-winning cinematographers since 1990 have used Panavision cameras for their award-winning work.
With the debut of the Panavision Genesis® digital camera system in 2004, Panavision is the leader in digital motion picture production. In May, 2008, for example, of the Daily Variety top 10 box office films, nine of the ten films were shot with Panavision camera systems, and two of those productions were shot with the Genesis digital system.
