Driving Innovation in Film and TV Media Creation and Distribution

Agents of Change

MovieLabs is a Technology Joint Venture of the Major Hollywood Studios

We research, experiment and develop new solutions and practices that improve the technologies, processes and tools used in the film and TV industry. ​From media creation through distribution, MovieLabs drives innovation and develops specifications and resources for the entertainment community.​

MovieLabs 2030 Vision for Media CreationWe 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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2030 Greenlight: a 2030 vision program by Movielabs

Introducing

2030 Greenlight

2030 Greenlight is a MovieLabs sponsored project which brings together industry leading technology and service providers to jointly build and deploy interoperable solutions which directly address the challenges faced by filmmakers today.

MovieLabs Showcase Program

Case Study Library

Read how other companies have successfully implemented elements of the 2030 Vision to drive change and improve efficiency in their workflows

MovieLabs 2030 Vision for Media Creation

Strategic Objectives

Featured Initiatives

2030 Vision for the Future of Media Creation

The 10 year vision for the future of 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 mundane repetitive 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, tools, and systems.

Visual Language

A new graphic library to draw and share content workflows between participants and tools with unique open-source icons for our industry​.

MovieLabs Member Studios

Together with our member studios, we partner with major technology companies, service providers, system integrators, standards organizations and start-ups to encourage new technologies that will transform and improve our industry.​

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Most Recent 2030 Blog Posts

How to Avoid Identifier Mayhem: Concepts (Part 2 of 3)

How to Avoid Identifier Mayhem: Concepts (Part 2 of 3)

This is Part 2 of the Identifier Blog series. In Part 1, we examined why we care about identifiers in media creation workflows. In this part, we will explore several concepts related to identifiers as well as how the MovieLabs Ontology for Media Creation (OMC) defines...