The
Arri
Arri Group is a global supplier of motion picture film equipment.
Based in Munich, the company was founded in 1917. It produces
professional motion picture cameras, lenses, lighting and
postproduction equipment.
Hermann Simon
Hermann Simon mentioned this company in his
book
Hidden Champions
Hidden Champions of the 21st Century as an example of a Hidden
Champion.[1] The
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa camera system was used to film Academy
Award winners for Best Cinematography including Hugo,[2] Life of
Pi,[3] Gravity,[4] Birdman[5] and The Revenant.[6]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Early history
1.2 1950–1989
1.3 1990–2009
1.4 2010-present
2 Awards
3 Products
4 Controversy
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
Early history[edit]
Arri
Arri was founded in Munich,
Germany
Germany in 1917 by
August Arnold
August Arnold and
Robert Richter as Arnold & Richter Cine Technik. The abbreviation
Arri
Arri was derived from the initial two letters of the founders'
surnames, Arnold and Richter.[7][8]
In 1924, Arnold and Richter developed their first film camera, the
small and portable Kinarri 35.[9] In 1937,
Arri
Arri introduced the world's
first reflex mirror shutter in the
Arriflex 35
Arriflex 35 camera, an invention of
longtime engineer Erich Kästner. This technology employs a rotating
mirror that allows a continuous motor to operate the camera while
providing parallax-free reflex viewing to the operator,[10] and the
ability to focus the image by eye through the viewfinder, much like an
SLR camera for still photography. The reflex design was subsequently
used in almost every professional motion picture film camera and is
still used in the
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa Studio digital camera. The first
Hollywood film to employ an Arriflex was the 1947 Humphrey Bogart and
Lauren Bacall film
Dark Passage
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Dark Passage in 1947. Over the years, more than
17,000 Arriflex 35s were built.[11] The design was recognized with two
Scientific and Technical Academy Awards in 1966 and 1982.
Indian cinematographer
Ramachandra Babu
Ramachandra Babu with Arriflex 535B camera
Arriflex camera is being used by Abolfazl Attar
1950–1989[edit]
ARRIFLEX 35 II from 1946
In 1952,
Arri
Arri introduced the Arriflex 16ST, the first professional
16mm camera with a reflex viewing system.[8][12][13] In 1965, a
self-blimped 16mm camera was released: the Arriflex 16BL.[14] The
Arriflex 35BL followed in 1972 as a lightweight, quiet alternative to
the rather heavy and cumbersome blimped cameras of the time.[15] Also
in 1972,
Arri
Arri pioneered the development of daylight luminaires with
the Arrisonne 2000 W.[citation needed] The Arriflex 16SR, launched in
1975, featured a redesigned viewfinder with a through-the-lens light
meter.[16] The Arriflex 765, a 65mm camera, was released in 1989,
partly in response to the growing industry demand for 70mm release
prints.[17]
1990–2009[edit]
The
Arriflex 535
Arriflex 535 camera was released in 1990, followed by the Arriflex
535B and the
Arriflex 16SR
Arriflex 16SR 3 in 1992. The
Arriflex 435
Arriflex 435 was released in
1994.[18][19]
Arri
Arri partnered with
Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG in order to develop and manufacture
advanced lenses for the motion picture industry. In 1998, Arri
released the Ultra Prime lenses.[20]
Development of the Arrilaser, a postproduction film recorder, began in
1997 and it was released for beta testing in 1998.[21][22]
In 2000,
Arri
Arri purchased the company
Moviecam
Moviecam and developed Arricam, a
35mm camera platform. In 2003,
Arri
Arri developed its first digital
camera, the Arriflex D-20,[23] which later evolved into the D-21. The
camera used a 35mm
CMOS
CMOS sensor (instead of CCD) and allowed
cinematographers to utilize standard 35mm lenses. This technology was
further developed and improved for the
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa camera.[citation
needed]
Arri
Arri revealed its Arriscan prototype during IBC 2003. The 16mm/35mm
film scanner worked alongside the
Arrilaser
Arrilaser to support the
increasingly popular digital intermediate route through
postproduction.[24] Later, the Arriscan became a widely used tool for
film restoration work and was recognized with a Scientific and
Engineering Academy Award in 2009.[25]
Arri
Arri released the Master Prime lenses in 2005, designed for a
super-fast aperture of T1.3 without breathing and distortion.[26][27]
In 2007, the Master Prime 14mm and 150mm lenses were released.[28]
The
Arrilaser
Arrilaser 2 was released in 2009, with new client-server
architecture and speeds twice as fast as the original model.[29] In
2011, the
Arrilaser
Arrilaser was recognized with an Academy Award of Merit.[21]
2010-present[edit]
In 2010, the
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa camera was released. The camera had the
ability to compress 1080p footage to ProRes
QuickTime
QuickTime formats and
allowed direct-to-edit workflows.[30] Later, models were added to the
range including the Alexa Plus, Alexa Studio and Alexa M, which was
designed to get the camera closer to the action,[31] The Alexa Plus
4:3, like the Alexa Studio, allowed the full area of the sensor to be
used with anamorphic lenses.[32]
ARRI ALEXA SXT Plus
The 16mm
Arriflex 416 camera and Ultra Prime 16 lenses were used in
the filming of the 2010 film, Black Swan.[33]
Arri
Arri announced a strategic partnership with Zeiss and Fujinon in 2010
to create new lenses that incorporated enhanced electronic lens data
transfer in order to simplify visual effects workflows in
postproduction.[34][35] The Arri/Fujinon Alura Zooms were released
that same year, while the Arri/Zeiss Master Anamorphic lens series was
released in 2012.[36][37]
In 2013,
Arri
Arri created
Arri
Arri Medical, a business unit that utilizes its
camera technology for medical purposes.[38] Apart from a medical
imaging documentation service,[39] it has developed a fully digital 3D
surgical microscope called the Arriscope.[39]
ARRI SkyPanel
The
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa 65, released in 2014, was used in the filming of The
Revenant as well as Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and Star Wars:
Rogue One.[40] The
Arri
Arri Amira camera was also released in 2014.[18] In
2015, four of the five nominees for the cinematography category of the
Academy Awards were filmed using the
Arri
Arri Alexa.[41]
Arri's subsidiary postproduction and creative services company, Arri
Film & TV, was renamed
Arri
Arri Media in 2015 as part of a company
restructuring.[42] At NAB 2015, the SkyPanel LED fixtures were
introduced by Arri. The SC60 and the SC30 have a full color tunable
LED option.[43]
In April 2016,
Arri
Arri acquired the Artemis camera stabilizer systems
developed by Curt O. Schaller from
Sachtler
Sachtler / Vitec Videocom.[44][45]
As a result,
Arri
Arri became the exclusive seller of Artemis Trinity
stabilizers.[46] At NAB 2016,
Arri
Arri unveiled its version of the Trinity
system.[47]
Awards[edit]
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Arnold & Richter KG
ARRIFLEX 35mm
1966
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Joachim Gerb and Erich Kästner of the Arnold & Richter Company
ARRIFLEX 35BL
1973
Academy Award of Merit
August Arnold
August Arnold and Erich Kästner of Arnold & Richter, GmbH
The concept and engineering of the first operational 35mm handheld,
spinning-mirror reflex motion picture camera
1982
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Carl Zeiss Company and Arnold & Richter
Zeiss high-speed 35mm motion picture camera lenses
1987
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Arnold & Richter engineer Otto Blaschek and Arriflex Corporation
ARRIFLEX 35 III
1988
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Engineering Department of Arnold & Richter
ARRIFLEX 35BL 4S
1990
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Arnold & Richter, Otto Blaschek and the Engineering Department of
ARRI Austria
ARRIFLEX 765
1992
Gordon E. Sawyer Academy Award
Erich Kästner, Chief Design Engineer at Arnold & Richter from
1932 to 1982
Technical contributions to the industry
1992
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik
The development of the ARRIFLEX 535 series of cameras
1995
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik and ARRI USA, Inc.
ARRIFLEX 435
1998
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik and Carl Zeiss Company
ARRI/ZEISS Variable Prime lenses
1998
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer and Wolfgang Riedel
ARRILASER film recorder
2001
Television Academy of Arts and Sciences Emmy Award
Arri
Over 50 years of outstanding achievement in engineering development
2002
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Academy Award of Merit
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik and Panavision
Continuing development and innovation in the design and manufacturing
of advanced camera systems
2002
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical
Award
Klemens Kehrer, Josef Handler, Thomas Smidek and Marc Shipman-Mueller
ARRIFLEX 235
2006
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical
Award
Walter Trauninger and Ernest Tschida
ARRI WRC wireless remote lens control system
2006
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Erwin Melzner, Volker Schumacher and Timo Mueller
ARRIMAX 18/12 lighting fixture
2008
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering
Award
Michael Cieslinski, Dr. Reimar Lenz and Bernd Brauner
ARRISCAN film scanner
2009
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical
Award
Juergen Noffke and Uwe Weber
ARRI/ZEISS Master Prime lenses
2011
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical
Award
Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer, Wolfgang Riedel
ARRILASER film recorder
2011
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical
Award
Arri
ALEXA camera system[48]
2017
Deutscher Filmpreis (Lola)
Arri
Special
Special honor for extraordinary technical achievement[49]
2017
Television Academy of Arts and Sciences Emmy Award
Arri
ALEXA camera system[50]
2017
Products[edit]
Camera lines
Kinarri 35 (1924)
Kinarri 16 (1928)
Arriflex 35
Arriflex 35 (1937)
Arriflex 35
Arriflex 35 II (1946)
Arriflex 16ST (1952)
Arriflex 16M (1960)
Arriflex 35
Arriflex 35 IIC (1964)
Arriflex 16BL (1965)
Arritechno 35 (1970)
Arriflex 35BL (1972)
Arriflex 16SR
Arriflex 16SR (1975)
Arriflex 35BL II (1975)
Arriflex 35
Arriflex 35 BL III (1980)
Arriflex 35
Arriflex 35 IIIC (1982)
Arriflex 35
Arriflex 35 BL4 (1986)
Arriflex 35
Arriflex 35 BL4S (1986)
Arriflex 765 (1989)
Arriflex 535
Arriflex 535 (1990)
Arriflex 535
Arriflex 535 B (1992)
Arriflex 16SR
Arriflex 16SR 3 (1992)
Arriflex 435
Arriflex 435 (1994)
Arriflex 435
Arriflex 435 ES (1995)
Arricam Studio and Lite (2000)
Arriflex 235 (2003)
Arriflex D-20/21 (2003/2008)
Arriflex 416 (2006)
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa (2010)
Arri
Arri Amira (2013)
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa 65 (2014)
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa Mini (2015)
Arri Alexa
Arri Alexa SXT (2016)
Lighting
Arri
Arri Fresnel (1937)
Arri
Arri Gigant (1952)
Arrisonne 2000 (1972)
Arri
Arri Apollo (1979)
Arri
Arri Studio (1988)
Arri
Arri Compact Daylight (1991)
Arrisun 40/25 (1992)
Arrilux Pocket PAR (1996)
ARRIMAX 18/12 (2005)
Arri
Arri M40 (2011)
Arri
Arri L7 LED Fresnel (2011)
Arri
Arri SkyPanel (2015)
Camera stabilizers
artemis Maxima Stabilizer[44][45]
artemis Trinity[44][45]
Film recorder
Arrilaser
Arrilaser film recorder is used for film-out.[citation needed]
Film scanner
Arriscan[citation needed]
Controversy[edit]
In 2011, it was alleged that Michael Bravin, an executive of the
US-based subsidiary
Arri
Arri Inc., had unlawfully accessed a rival company
email account. A suit was brought before a US court and in September
2011, Bravin entered a guilty plea.[51][52]
Arri
Arri Inc. denied knowledge
or gains from Bravin's actions,[53] and a separate lawsuit against the
company was dropped as a result of an out-of-court settlement.[54]
See also[edit]
Arri
Arri bayonet
Arri
Arri PL
Arri
Arri standard
Carl Zeiss
Panavision
Red Digital Cinema Camera Company
Comparison of movie cameras
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External links[edit]
Official website
Arri's cameras histories in CinemaTechnic website
Reviews: D-20 & D-21 on The Reel Show
Arriflex 16 S operating instructions - PDF
Authority control
WorldCat Identities
VIAF: 129352