CINEVIDEOTECH, INC.
PEMBROKE PARK, FLORIDA

Doing business with CVT is a fairly simple process. Three easy steps will get your gear out the door smoothly. 2. Provide a valid certificate of insurance. 3. Provide Payment. Egon Stephan is a professional in every sense of the word. He grew up in the film business following his father, a renowned cameraman, to work at a very young age. He has carried that wisdom and enthusiasm to CineVideoTech, a full service camera house that is at the top in our market. His camera knowledge is second to none. I would recommend Egon Stephan for any endeavor he ventures into. I'm sure his dedication and "can do" attitude will guarantee it's success. Egon Stephan Jr. Born into the business. “Like father, like son” they always say, yet nowhere has this cliché been more true than when you apply it to the love of filmmaking shared between Egon and his father. Egon began his professional career at an early age, eventually running the camera rental department for his father at the ripe young age of sixteen! After a six-year stint as the camera rental manager of CineVideoTech, he pursued his love for film in the field, running up an impressive list of credits. He worked his way up from technician to second assistant, second to Shortly after this achievement, Egon’s father fell ill and his duty to continue the legacy his father had begun took precedence over his own successful career. He took over the helm at CineVideoTech in 2002 and has since been busy recreating the company that has launched so many successful careers into a vision of what is to come. Egon Stephan Sr. made his way to South Florida in 1957 at the request of his New York City based employer, Camera Equipment Company, who later became known as F&B Ceco. Business volume was not enough to keep the branch office open, but enamored with the surf and sun of South Florida, Egon decided to stay and develop his career as a cinematographer. After working as a Cinematographer for 2 years, Egon decided to open his own rental company, which eventually rivaled his former employer in size and prestige and surpassed it in longevity. Egon Stephan Sr. was initially trained in Germany and New York as a film equipment technician and having worked on early sound recorders and the first three camera Cinerama system, Stephan was more than qualified to pioneer the film equipment and rental business in Miami. Early on, production in Miami had not sufficiently developed to support a full-fledged rental company. So Egon’s early livelihood depended on his work as a cinematographer and camera repair technician. As Egon Stephan’s cinematography career started to take off, so did the rental inventory of CineVideoTech. The company he began with only one camera, a small storefront shop and lots of loyal friends, now boasts a fleet of production vehicles, a huge inventory of film and digital motion picture cameras, motion picture lighting, grip, generators, specialty equipment and a small studio on the property. His recipe for success? Hard work, technical know-how and relentless customer service, still hallmarks of CineVideoTech today. Egon Stephan Sr. was instrumental to the growth of the Florida Film Industry, helping to form the Florida Motion Picture & TV Association and the first Florida Advisory Council, which spawned the State’s Film Bureau. The resulting growth of support services, technicians and talent pool all served to lure producers into making Florida the largest production center outside the film capitals of New York and California at that time. Egon Stephan Sr. passed away in October of 2002. He left behind a legacy of professionalism and dedication that lives on today in the company he founded. Now run by his son, Egon Stephan Jr., a brilliant cinematographer in his own right. Doing business with CVT is a fairly simple process. Three easy steps will get your gear out the door smoothly. 2. Provide a valid certificate of insurance. 3. Provide Payment. I have known Egon Stephan Jr. for over 12 years., first as a Director/Cinematographer and then more recently as the owner of Cine Video Tech. JR continues the tradition and principles that were firmly embedded by his Father in the South Florida Market , dedication to the craft, commitment to professionalism and compassion to share one's experience of the industry to those who seek it. - Michael Paul Brown, Entertainment Imaging Division, Eastman Kodak Company Doing business with CVT is a fairly simple process. Three easy steps will get your gear out the door smoothly. 2. Provide a valid certificate of insurance. 3. Provide Payment. I had the privilege of learning a great deal of what I know about the art of film making from Egon Stephan Jr. He was one of the first camera assistants to take me under his wing and start showing me the ropes. I can say without question that I would not be half the film maker I am today without him. He is one of the most technically proficient human beings I have ever met and he is a warrior in every sense of the word. Serious Filmmaking Gear for the Digital Age. CineVideoTech has been a leader in Aerial Cinematography since we opened our doors. We are the official Tyler representative in the Southeast.