Phillips co-founded Matthews Studio Equipment to become a top supplier to the grip, lighting and camera departments on film and TV sets worldwide.
Ed Phillips, who co-founded Burbank-based Matthews Studio Equipment in 1969 and was president for nearly 50 years, has died. He was 72.
"Ed, my Dad, dearly loved three things in life: his family, the grip industry, and the ocean. It’s going to be a quiet building without his laugh. I’ll pick up his mantle and tell his stories so we can honor him and fill this place with laughter once again," Phillips said in his own statement. So Phillips and Roy Isaia partnered to launch MSE, before teaming with Carlos DeMattos in 1974 to form the wider Matthews Studio Equipment Group.
Phillips and MSE developed and mass-produced the C-stand, a grip stand to hold lighting equipment, which today is widely used on film and TV sets worldwide.
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