Birns and Sawyer, Inc

Birns and Sawyer, Inc The premier camera, lighting and grip boutique rental and specialty sales store in Los Angeles since 1954. We proudly support the indie film community.

12/26/2025

🎥✨ Happy Holidays from Birns & Sawyer ✨🎥

This year was made possible by the filmmakers who dared to dream, create, and push boundaries. We’re grateful to support your stories—on set, behind the scenes, and beyond.

Wishing you rest, inspiration, and exciting new projects in the year ahead.

Here’s to more stories in 2026.
— Birns & Sawyer

What happens when masters of light step into the dark?Our Screamfest LA panel, Painting with Darkness: The Craft of Shoo...
10/10/2025

What happens when masters of light step into the dark?
Our Screamfest LA panel, Painting with Darkness: The Craft of Shooting Horror Films, explored just that — how cinematographers use shadow, texture, and color to craft fear and emotion on screen.

Hosted at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the night brought together some of the industry’s top Directors of Photography for an illuminating (and chilling!) conversation about the artistry behind horror cinematography.

🎥 Featuring:
David Mullen, ASC - (Jennifer’s body, The Love Witch)
• Michael Goi, ASC – American Horror Story, Megan Is Missing
• Powell Robinson – V/H/S, Mr. Crocker
• Leah Anova - D-Volution, Now & Never
• Nick Matthews - Saw X, Bone Lake

Hosted by the amazing
Together, they shared how they harness darkness not just for fear — but for storytelling, emotion, and atmosphere.

Huge thanks to Screamfest LA for having us and to everyone who joined us for this incredible night celebrating the craft of horror filmmaking.

📸 Swipe through for highlights from Painting with Darkness — a night where shadows spoke louder than light.

10/08/2025

📣 TONIGHT at 6PM!
Step into the shadows with us at Screamfest 2025 👻

🎬 Painting with Darkness: The Craft of Shooting Horror Films
🗓 October 8, 2025
📍 TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, CA

Explore the dark artistry of horror cinematography with a powerhouse panel of visual storytellers:

✨ Michael Goi, ASC (American Horror Story, Megan is Missing, Mary)
✨ David Mullen, ASC (Jennifer’s Body, The Love Witch, Twin Falls Idaho)
✨ Leah Anova (D-Volution, Now & Never)
✨ Nick Matthews (Bone Lake, Saw X, Spoonful of Sugar)
✨ Powell Robinson (V/H/S, Mr. Crocket, Appendage)

🩸 They’ll dissect how light, shadow, and texture craft the language of fear — and how to turn darkness into a storytelling weapon.

🎟 Presented in partnership with
📍 | Hollywood, CA

Congratulations to on the Emerging Cinematographer Award recognition! "Class Clown" was shot in black and white with a ...
07/29/2025

Congratulations to on the Emerging Cinematographer Award recognition! "Class Clown" was shot in black and white with a deep blue 47B filter from as advised by and .johnson.736

helped choose a filter that brought out the pronounced freckles of the film’s protagonist; a B&W landscape filter that pleasantly highlighted red-hued skin imperfections. teamed up with makeup artist .rosemua to reveal, instead of conceal, every blemish on every actor in the film to create the POV kids being self aware about their skin.

DP and our Director of Rentals .johnson.736 shooting with@ticovision lenses alongside amazing crew members A huge...
07/27/2025

DP and our Director of Rentals .johnson.736 shooting with@ticovision lenses alongside amazing crew members A huge thank you to and

Full House Friday
06/20/2025

Full House Friday

Monday Venice and Rialto prep with and .67 Piece of 🍰
06/03/2025

Monday Venice and Rialto prep with and .67 Piece of 🍰

🎬 Now at Birns & Sawyer: The iPad Pro Filmmaker Toolkit is here!Built for directors, DPs, and producers working in AI-dr...
06/02/2025

🎬 Now at Birns & Sawyer: The iPad Pro Filmmaker Toolkit is here!

Built for directors, DPs, and producers working in AI-driven, hybrid, and fast-paced productions—our kits come preloaded with 30+ powerful apps for shot design, lighting, camera control, AI tools, storyboarding & more.

🔥 Production-ready. Creativity unlocked.

Some Of What’s inside:
🔧 Shot Designer, Previs Pro, Frame.io
🎛️ Arri/RED/Sony Camera Control, Luminair
🧠 Runway ML, Luma AI, ChatGPT
📖 Final Draft, Notion, Highland 2
⚡ Unreal Remote, Sun tracking tools & more

💼 Includes rugged case, charger, custom templates & staff support.

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📞 323-466-8211

📲 Rent your edge. Film the future.

and his creation.
04/29/2025

and his creation.

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04/11/2025

and .moffett gearing up

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