Aputure

Aputure

http://www.aputure.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/aputure-photo-tech-limited/

Aputure, also known as Aputure Imaging, is a privately owned company headquartered in China. Founded in 2013, it employs approximately 80 individuals and reported $166.6M in revenue as of 2023. The company focuses on content acquisition, providing professional cinema equipment specializing in lighting solutions.

2023 Revenue

Founded

2013

Headcount

71

Headquarters

China

Primary Segment

Content acquisition

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

Several film productions used Aputure lighting equipment. In 2023, Gareth Edwards' film *For The Creator* employed co-cinematographers Greig Fraser and Oren Soffer. Also in 2023, Chief Lighting Technician Matt Ardine used Aputure lighting on a Coca-Cola commercial. Denis Villeneuve's *Dune: Part Two*, with cinematographer Greig Fraser, also utilized Aputure equipment. In Spring 2024, the Sundance Institute's Directors Lab, utilizing Aputure lighting, relocated to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO.

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Aputure offers products in the media tech industry. Aputure's product portfolio comprises of content acquisition.

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Aputure's revenues were less than $250M in 2023. All the revenue comes from studio lighting systems.

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Oct

22nd

2025

20:43

A Home Studio Glow Up With James Charles

Challenge James Charles is one of the biggest beauty influencers online. From his breakout viral video in 2016, he’s grown a combined following of over 100 million across YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram. Like many creators, Charles uses a home-based studio with standing sets to shoot content and livestream.

Oct

13th

2025

21:39

Building Control in the Chaos of iHostage

Challenge Cinematographer Daan Nieuwenhuijs has worked with director Bobby Boermans on multiple projects since the first season of Mocra Maffia (2018). Veteran Gaffer Gideon van Essen first partnered with Nieuwenhuijs on Maxima (2024), where the pair found they worked well in a challenging production environment.

Sep

30th

2025

20:40

Agility and Punch Overnight on One Battle After Another

Challenge Among the many obstacles of shooting on location, mobility and power are constants. Gaffer Justin Dickson regularly works with cinematographer Michael Bauman and director Paul Thomas Anderson, most recently on Licorice Pizza (2021). He would face those constant obstacles at scale once again on the Andersons’ One Battle After Another.

Sep

16th

2025

20:54

Crafting the Oppressive Sunlight of Dune: Part Two

Challenge Dune: Part Two continues Denis Villeneueve’s stunning adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel, with Greig Fraser returning as cinematographer. The filmmakers would face challenges very familiar to the characters in the film: heat and power.

Jul

1st

2025

18:11

Brightening the Launch of a smartwater Reunion

Challenge Chief Lighting Technician Matt Ardine is an industry veteran, with credits that include Everything Everywhere All at Once, Wolfs, and hundreds of music videos, including Childish Gambino’s “This is America.” Ardine’s latest commercial project was a comedic spot that reunited Coca-Cola’s Glacéau smartwater brand with its longtime spokesperson, Jennifer Aniston, after a five-year break.

Apr

6th

2025

18:30

Crafting the Oppressive Sunlight of Dune: Part 2

Challenge Dune: Part 2 continues Denis Villeneueve’s stunning adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel, with Greig Fraser returning as cinematographer. The filmmakers would face challenges very familiar to the characters in the film: heat and power.

Apr

6th

2025

18:30

Illuminating the Future of Film at Sundance 2025

Challenge In Spring 2024, construction forced the Sundance Institute’s long-running Directors Lab to go on the road for the first time. Holden Payne, the institute’s Technical Director of Exhibition and Production, turned the disruption into a unique opportunity and found an atmospheric temporary home for the Lab, the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO, Stephen King’s original inspiration for The Overlook in The Shining.

Apr

6th

2025

18:30

Reinventing Sci-fi Cinematography in The Creator

Challenge For The Creator (2023), Gareth Edwards sought to return to the style of guerilla filmmaking he used on Monsters (2010). With a relatively modest $80 million budget, co-cinematographers Greig Fraser and Oren Soffer had to rethink the traditional cinematography toolkit of a mid-budget sci-fi action movie.

Feb

5th

2024

18:30

Regulatory and Legal

You’ve Got Mail: Federal Circuit Allows Service Through Email

In re: Aputure Imaging Industries Co., Ltd, No. 2024-103 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 22, 2024) On January 26, 2024, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for writ of mandamus to vacate an order permitting Rotolight Limited (“Rotolight”) to serve Aputure Imaging Industries Co., Ltd. (“Aputure”) through email to Aputure’s in-house counsel.

Oct

6th

2023

18:59

YouTube & Video Marketing Conference

For Video Creators, income is driven by engagement. You're making content to get viewers to follow, like, and subscribe to your channel. Ultimately you are looking to increase your watch time, and to do that you need to be creating and posting content consistently.

May

13th

2023

13:59

tmt32: 8 – 11 November 2023 at CCD

Book your Stand You want to be part of the Tonmeistertagung for meeting your customers? We offer you a perfect target group. Book your Stand now or ask for more information about the tmt32. Also check out the master- and floorplan for our event at CCD Düsseldorf. Exhibitor Meeting Thank you to everybody attending our Meeting on March 7, 2023! We're longingly expecting a successful tmt32.

Tonmeistertagung

May

13th

2023

13:56

Euro Cine Expo 2023

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