A device that stabilizes a hand-held camera so that the operator can move freely without jiggling the camera. The Steadicam liberated camera operators from dollies and tracks -- the camera could move anywhere that the operator could walk. The Steadicam was first used by its inventor, Garrett Brown, in the film Rocky (most obviously in Rocky's run up the art museum steps, but also in the fight scenes). Brown eventually won both an Oscar and an Emmy for his invention.