CINEMACARS
A black Bentley on a Cinema Cars low loader at night, a cinema camera rigged on the deck in front of it
A Cinema Cars Dodge Ram with a camera crane at dusk in the mountains
A Cinema Cars crane car and its crew working beside a hovering helicopter on an airfield at dusk

We movethe camera

Tracking vehicles, stabilised low loaders, crane cars and picture cars for film, series and commercials. On set since 2002.

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Somebody has to drive the camera

For more than twenty years, our crew has been that somebody. Cinema Cars was founded by Doru Răceală, whose IMDb lists 106 productions — from Toni Erdmann and Before Midnight to Watcher and We Were the Lucky Ones — and brings the tracking vehicles, low loaders, picture cars and the drivers who run them.

productions on IMDb
106
years on film sets
24
productions with camera cars & low loaders
36
productions with stunt driving
67

Scene 03 — Anatomy

Anatomy of a moving shot

Line drawing of a Cinema Cars rig: the Mercedes tracking truck with its monitor platform towing a low loader, a camera rigged on pipes at the front, a sports coupé on the deck and a light clamped at the rear 1 2 3 4 5
  1. Our driversThe only people on the rig who never look at the monitor.
  2. Tracking vehicleTows the rig and carries the video village — monitors, director, DOP.
  3. Camera & lightRigged on the deck, on the car or on our crane — wherever the shot needs it.
  4. Low loaderPneumatic suspension, electronically stabilised. 6.5 m long, 2.55 m wide, extending to 3.2 m.
  5. Picture carThe actors act. Nobody drives. Low enough to read as real traffic.

Scene 04 — The fleet

Seven ways to move a camera

The Cinema Cars tracking vehicle: a black Mercedes crew-cab truck with its rigged platform

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Tracking vehicles

Crew-cab trucks with a rigged platform for monitors, crew and power. They tow the low loader and keep the director next to the shot.

  • Crew cab
  • Rigged platform
  • Video village
  • Tows the low loader
The Cinema Cars low loader: an aluminium-deck film trailer with railings

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Low loaders

Process trailers that carry the picture car, the actors and the camera — low enough for the car to read as real traffic.

  • 6.5 m deck
  • 2.55 → 3.2 m wide
  • Pneumatic suspension
  • Electronic stabilisation
Cinema Cars Dodge Ram with a camera crane and remote head

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Crane cars

Dodge Ram pickups carrying a camera crane and a remote head — for chases, drive-bys and sweeping moves at speed.

  • Dodge Ram
  • Camera crane
  • Remote head
  • On & off road
The Cinema Cars camera quad with its red operator seat and camera arm

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Camera quad

An ATV with an operator seat and a camera arm, for ground no car can follow: beaches, fields, mountain tracks.

  • Operator seat
  • Camera arm
  • Off-road
  • Trailer transport
The Cinema Cars camera boat, a dark grey rigid inflatable with a camera crane, on its trailer

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Camera boat

A rigid inflatable rigged with a camera crane and a stabilised head, for shots on lakes and rivers. It travels on its own trailer.

  • Rigid inflatable
  • Crane arm on board
  • Stabilised head
  • Boat trailer
A vintage Ford Model T picture car

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Picture cars

Period and hero cars, sourced and coordinated for the screen — from a 1913 Ford T Speedster to 1950s New York cabs.

  • Vintage & period
  • Hero cars
  • On-set coordination

Stunt credits on IMDb · 2002 — 2025

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Stunt driving

Stunt drivers and car-stunt coordination from the team behind 100 stunt credits on IMDb.

  • Stunt driving
  • Car-stunt coordination
  • Mechanical effects

Scene 05 — Video village

Straight from the set

No grading, no VFX. Phone footage from the job — the rigs, at work.

ACRANE CAR + HELICOPTER00:12:41:07
BLOW LOADER · BUCHAREST02:03:15:22
CCRANE CAR · FOREST ROAD08:31:16:19
DNIGHT TRACKING21:47:02:11
ECONVOY · TRACKING + LOW LOADER13:05:44:01
FPICTURE CAR · PERIOD STREET10:20:58:03
GROLLING SHOT · CREW ON BOARD16:52:09:14

Scene 06 — Credits

Credits

106 productions since 2002. A selection — tracking vehicles, low loaders, camera cars, stunts and picture cars.

  1. Tracking vehicle & low loaderSubteran2025
  2. Stunt driverKiller Heat2024
  3. Tracking vehicle & low loaderWe Were the Lucky Ones2024
  4. Stunt driver · Picture car coordinatorYoung Woman and the Sea2024
  5. Stunt driverMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 32023
  6. Tracking vehicle & low loaderPrancer: A Christmas Tale2022
  7. Stunt driver: camera car - RomaniaRise2022
  8. Tracking vehicle & low loaderWatcher2022
  9. Tracking vehicle · Quad bikeWashington2020
  10. Tracking vehicle & low loaderThe Whistlers2019
  11. Camera car driverTouch Me Not2018
  12. Utility stuntsToni Erdmann2016
  13. Stunt driver: camera car (uncredited) · Platform driverBefore Midnight2013
  14. Stunts: carChild's Pose2013
  15. Stunt driver: camera carThe Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman2013
  16. Stunt driverThe Zero Theorem2013
  17. Stunt driver: camera car (uncredited)Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance2011
  18. Stunt driver: camera car · Picture vehicle coordinatorThe Whistleblower2010
Full filmography on IMDb
Three members of the Cinema Cars crew in branded T-shirts on a terrace above the sea
The crew, 2024

Scene 07 — Crew

The crew

Founded by Doru Răceală, Cinema Cars is a crew of drivers and riggers who live on film sets. The same people bring the rig, drive it and stay until wrap.

Doru Răceală · IMDb

Scene 08 — Contact

Call sheet

Direct line

+40 722 547 547 [email protected]
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