NASHVILLE GRIP + ELECTRIC RENTALS
Nashville has several professional grip, electric and lighting rental houses supporting commercial photography, film, television, music videos and branded productions.
Below are some of the primary Nashville-area rental resources, along with what each house specializes in.
CITATION SUPPORT
Address: 6737 Centennial Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: 615-298-5252
Citation Support Website
Notes: Nashville rental house specializing in grip, continuous lighting, still photography lighting, production supplies and camera support. Particularly useful for commercial stills productions because they carry Profoto strobes + modifiers alongside traditional continuous lighting and grip equipment.
Specialty gear: J.L. Fisher 10 + Fisher 11 Dollies, Cameleon Dolly, Dana Dolly, Doorway Dolly, Western Dolly, FilmAir track, Cineped slider and Intel-A-Jib.
They also stock radios, production supplies, seamless paper and other expendables.
NASHVILLE LIGHTING + GRIP
Address: 3201 Dickerson Pike, Nashville, TN 37207
Phone: 615-678-2727
Nashville Lighting + Grip Website
Notes: Full-service grip + electric rental house with a broad inventory for location and studio productions. Offers grip trucks, lighting, generators, power distribution, camera support and production supplies.
Lighting inventory includes brands such as ARRI, Aputure, Astera, LiteGear and Nanlux.
Specialty gear: J.L. Fisher 11 Dolly, Fisher track, Matthews Doorway Dolly, sliders, O'Connor + Sachtler support, car mounts and tow generators. They also stock seamless paper and expendables, making them useful for commercial stills productions.
DR&A / GRIPTRUCK
Address: 3019 Ambrose Avenue, Nashville, TN 37207
Phone: 615-256-6200
DR&A / Griptruck Website
Notes: Established Nashville grip + electric rental house with grip trucks, lighting, electric + distro, generators, rigging, dollies and track.
A useful resource for productions requiring a more substantial traditional grip + electric package rather than individual equipment rentals.
CONTRAST CINE
Address: 1015 W Kirkland Avenue, Suite 312, Nashville, TN 37216
Phone: 833-268-7278
Contrast Cine Website
Notes: Full-service camera, lens, lighting + grip rental house. Particularly useful when a production wants to source camera and G&E through the same vendor.
Their inventory includes cinema cameras, specialty + vintage lenses, lighting, grip, power, camera movement and grip trucks.
Specialty gear: Modern continuous LED lighting from brands including Aputure, Creamsource, Astera, LiteMat, Nanlite and ARRI, plus Doorway Dolly, Dana Dolly, Cineped slider, Ronford-Baker support, O'Connor heads, DJI Ronin systems and car mounts.
DBV RENTALS
Address: 632 W Iris Drive, Suite B, Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615-782-2002
dbV Rentals Website
Notes: Cinema + video equipment rental house offering cameras, lenses, camera support, lighting, grip and audio equipment.
More camera-centric than a traditional large G&E house, making it useful for smaller commercial, documentary, interview and video productions that want to source camera and lighting together.
RENTACAMERA.COM
Address: 2605 Westwood Drive, Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615-320-3200
RENTaCAMERA.com Website
Notes: Nashville photo + video rental resource specializing primarily in cameras, lenses, lighting, audio and camera support.
Particularly useful for smaller video and still photography productions that need individual equipment rather than a complete grip truck package.
QUICK GUIDE
Full grip truck + electric packages:
Nashville Lighting + Grip, Citation Support, DR&A
Commercial still photography + Profoto:
Citation Support
Camera + lenses + lighting + grip:
Contrast Cine
J.L. Fisher Dollies:
Nashville Lighting + Grip — Fisher 11
Citation Support — Fisher 10 + Fisher 11
Smaller camera-driven productions:
dbV Rentals, RENTaCAMERA.com
ADDITIONAL RENTAL RESOURCES
The Tennessee Entertainment Commission Production Directory can also be used to research additional equipment rental houses and production vendors throughout Tennessee.
Tennessee Production Directory
Equipment inventories and availability can change. Contact each rental house directly to confirm current inventory, rates, insurance requirements and availability for your production dates.