Driving Innovation in Film and TV Content Creation and Distribution
Agents of Change
MovieLabs is a Technology Joint Venture of the Major Hollywood Studios
We work to research, experiment and develop new technologies that improve the content, processes and tools used in the media industry. From media creation through distribution, we drive innovation and develop a range of specifications and resources for the industry.
We developed a bold 10-year vision for the adoption of new technologies to aid in content production, post and VFX, commonly referred to as the 2030 Vision.
We drive new technologies and standards that make digital content distribution more efficient, including the MovieLabs Digital Distribution Framework.
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MovieLabs 2030 Vision Series Fireside Chats Podcast
The MovieLabs 2030 Vision has been broadly embraced across the media industry and we’re sharing stories and learnings from leading visionaries and implementors across the media and entertainment space with our newly launched video and audio podcast, MovieLabs 2030 Vision Series Fireside Chats.
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MovieLabs Member Studios
Together with our member studios, we partner with major technology companies, standards organizations, researchers and start-ups to encourage new technologies that will transform and improve our industry for the better.
Strategic Objectives
Featured Initiatives
2030 Vision for the Future of Media Creation
The 10 year vision for the future of scripted media production, post and creative technologies.
Common Security Architecture for Production
A new zero-trust architecture to improve the security of cloud-based production workflows.
Evolution of Production Workflows
A new approach to enabling interoperable, flexible workflows that remove friction and speed mundane repititive tasks.
Movielabs Digital Distribution Framework
A suite of compatible specifications that enable automation, cost reduction, and improve the consumer’s experience of digital media.
Ontology for Media Creation
A common approach to improve communication about workflows and enable automation between people, organizations, and software.
Visual Language
A new graphic library to draw and share content workflows between participants and tools with unique open-source icons for our industry.
the latest from MovieLabs
2030 Vision Blog
I don’t trust you, you don’t trust me, now what?
We know you are keen to get the Common Security Architecture for Production (CSAP) up and running, but you may be wondering how you transition from perimeter security to CSAP. Let’s see if we can help. Implementing a CSAP architecture can start with the CSAP...
New Visual Language Templates
To assist the industry in easily picking up and using the Visual Language for Media Creation, we have created templates for major workflow design applications and services. In April 2023, we introduced support for Apple Keynote, Omnigraggle (for Mac) and Autodesk...
Announcing CSAP v1.2 Part 5: Implementation Considerations
Introducing Part 5 of the Common Security Architecture for Production (CSAP) Today we are publishing Part 5: Implementation Considerations of the Common Security Architecture for Production (CSAP) v1.2. The CSAP architects were keen to design an architecture that did...