In 1984, Schaller began training as a camera assistant and then as a cameraman at the
Bavaria film and television studios in Munich, Germany. The artemis series was the world's first modular camera stabilization system when it was launched at the 2001
NAB Show in Las Vegas. In addition, the artemis HD systems were the first full HD camera stabilization systems in the world at the time. and it is considered the most advanced camera stabilization system in the world, used in films such as
1917,
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. In April 2016, he moved with his entire artemis product portfolio from Sachtler / Vitec Videocom to Arri to drive the further development of the artemis and Trinity systems as product manager for camera stabilization systems. To date, Curt O. Schaller holds 19 granted patents and 27 granted intellectual property rights as an inventor in the field of film technology. ==Camera stabilization systems==