Our promise to East Tennessee’s production community is simple. To provide the quality equipment for your production that will allow you to do your best possible work. To use our experience and know-how to help you determine your equipment needs.

Our goal is to do our part to constantly raise our regions already high production standards to insure that current business stays in the area while attracting new business for the future.

Let us customize a grip and lighting package that fits your production’s requirements. No other company can match our experience or our desire to help your production be a success.

Thank you for your continued support!


Jerry Coatney has been a major part of production in Knoxville for over 20 years. His work includes hundreds of cable shows for HGTV, DIY, A&E, Food Channel, etc., thousands of commercials and numerous movies and television programs. His dedication to excellence has placed him on the “1st call” list with every production company in town.

 

 

Carl F. Coates, like Jerry, has 20 years experience in the film/video production business. He spent the first 14 honing his craft in Cincinnati as a key grip and gaffer for countless Proctor & Gamble commercials. In 1997 he was welcomed into the Knoxville community while opening an office for one of the largest rental houses worldwide.


 

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