Every great shot has something behind it.
A 700-tonne crane holding a lighting array at an angle that shouldn’t be possible. A wire rig choreographed to the millisecond. A camera sweep through a collapsing set that the director sees only once; and gets in one take.
That’s where NMT comes in.
We started in 1976, three brothers, a shared belief in doing the job properly, and a fleet that grew alongside a reputation. Nearly five decades later, NMT Crane Hires Film & TV division is headquartered at Pinewood Studios, the beating heart of British and international film production, and we’ve been part of more productions than we can count.
Under Managing Director James ‘JD’ Ambridge, the business has evolved with the industry; investing in new technology, new capabilities, and a team that understands that on a film set, there is no room for the second-best option.
What hasn’t changed is the instinct that built the company: show up, solve the problem, and make the impossible shot possible.
Today, when people think crane hire, they think NMT – no matter the scale or complexity of the job.
From the moment a production brings us in, we become part of the crew.
Our fleet runs from nimble 35-tonne cranes through to the 700-tonne Terex all-terrain, the same crane that featured in Fast & Furious 6 and has since turned up on sets across the UK. Alongside the cranes, we deploy telescopic forklifts, articulating access platforms, camera and stunt winches, and a ground fleet of 4x4s and heavy haulage lorries that keep equipment moving across the country.
We rig lighting arrays that transform warehouses into whole worlds. We lift stunt performers and actors on wire systems built to handle a single bad day with complete safety. We position camera rigs at angles that make physics look like a suggestion. And when pre-production calls for it, our 3D technical recce service lets directors and production designers walk the set before the first truck arrives; every crane, every lighting position, every piece of kit placed digitally before it’s placed in reality.
Our credits include The Batman, Mission: Impossible, The Flash, Masters of the Air, A Quiet Place, and Venom, among many others.
Ideal for rigging lighting, props, and large-scale set pieces like helicopters and silkscreens.
Our cranes are equipped with additional lashing points and custom heads for wire rigging making it easy for aerial stunts, flying and controlled falls.
Our all-terrain Terex cranes, as seen in Fast & Furious 6, provide immense lifting power on any landscape.
Our technical plan allows production teams to digitally visualise the set with clarity and precision.
Ideal for rigging lighting, props, and large-scale set pieces like helicopters and silkscreens.
Our cranes are equipped with additional lashing points and custom heads for wire rigging making it easy for aerial stunts, flying and controlled falls.
Our all-terrain Terex cranes, as seen in Fast & Furious 6, provide immense lifting power on any landscape.
Our technical plan allows production teams to digitally visualise the set with clarity and precision.
Our commitment to safety, innovation, and customer satisfaction ensures that we provide tailored solutions to meet the specific demands of each project.
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