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About Us

Built on Trust, Powered by Light

At Modern Lighting, we’re passionate about supporting filmmakers by providing the tools they need to bring their vision to life. Based in Vancouver, we take pride in offering dependable equipment and building lasting relationships with our clients, from indie creators to major productions. Our focus is on making the process smooth and flexible, so filmmakers can focus on their craft.

Modern Lighting Wants to do Things Differently

The founder of Modern Lighting, Josh Alkoff, began his filmmaking career in the New York indie-film scene where he developed a dynamic and adaptable approach to lighting and camera work. He then honed his skills as a lighting technician, stage rigger, set wireman, and gen op/fsr electrical certificate holder on Hollywood studio features, streaming network television series, and for brand agencies as a commercial gaffer. During this time, he observed significant inefficiencies in the world of big-budget production: among them -- location constraints -- which required gear to travel from 40-foot trailers parked halfway across the city into smaller cube trucks which still had to park blocks away from the film set. Once close to set they required additional labour to unload and transport the equipment, and it would usually get handed off a few times, before it got to it's final location where it could be setup to actually contribute value to the picture.

 

Never losing the true spirit of independent filmmaking, Josh, knew there had to be a way to cut out this gigantic Hollywood footprint without sacrificing the professional tools used on those sets. Drawing on international experience he observed how in dense urban locations over-seas each department appeared incognito by packing their gear into easily accessible vans. There was no need for production crews to block off large areas or to fill the sidewalks and streets with a multitude of oversized support trucks.  This streamlined approach to filmmaking and his passion to discover and integrate new technology and efficiency has inspired Josh to create Modern Lighting.

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1314 Powell Street

Vancouver, BC, V5L 1G6

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