1. Ross Kohut Lowell was an American inventor, photographer, cinematographer, lighting designer, author and entrepreneur who changed the film production industry with two inventions: a widely used quick-clamp lighting mount system, and gaffer tape.
13 Facts About Ross Lowell
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Ross Lowell founded Lowel-Light, a manufacturer of highly portable lighting equipment used in TV, film and stage lighting, with 20 patents filed by Lowell.
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Ross Lowell worked on hundreds of documentaries, short films and television commercials.
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Ross Lowell was born in 1926 in New York City to Leo and Juliet Ross Lowell.
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Ross Lowell joined the United States Navy to serve during and after World War II as a military photographer.
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Ross Lowell studied filmmaking at the University of California, Los Angeles, starting in 1948, then at the University of South Carolina in 1949.
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Ross Lowell worked in the film and television industries as a cameraman, lighting director and cinematographer.
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Fleischman hired Ross Lowell to install a temporary and unobtrusive lighting system at Highfields, one which would stay in place for a few weeks of filming.
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The "Delinquents" episode aired in January 1959, and Ross Lowell started the Lowel-Light company later that year.
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Ross Lowell was based out of his Stamford, Connecticut, home in the early days.
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In 1992, Ross Lowell produced the instructional book Matters of Light and Depth: Creating Memorable Images for Video, Film and Stills Through Lighting, published by Broad Street Books of Philadelphia.
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Ross and Carol Lowell produced the 1979 short film Oh Brother, My Brother depicting Josh and Evan.
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Ross Lowell was survived by his four children, ten grandchildren, a sister and two nieces.