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.

Whitepaper
Urgent Memo to the C-Suite
Investing in Production Technology and Cloud Centricity is No Longer an Option – It is Table Stakes
Industry Partners
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
PSST…I have to tell you something
Clear communication is critical to the content creation process. And while today’s productions somehow manage to compensate for inefficient communication mechanisms, there is a growing and urgent need to streamline the way we communicate and exchange information as we...
A Vision through the Clouds of Palm Springs at the HPA Tech Retreat 2022
In the last week of February, entertainment technology luminaries from across the world gathered at the Hollywood Post Alliance’s Tech Retreat. Rubbing their eyes as they adjusted to the bright Palm Springs sunshine after two years of working-from-home in...
MovieLabs Urgent Memo to the C-Suite
We published our 2030 Vision white paper “The Evolution of Media Creation” with its goal being, “to empower storytellers to tell more amazing stories while delivering at a speed and efficiency not possible today.” In that paper, we described 10 principles as key...