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film studio
Sign in to saveAlso known as movie studio, film production company, movie production company, motion picture studio
major entertainment company or motion picture company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films, which is handled by the production company
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Encyclopedic overview
View of the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company that makes films. Today, studios are mostly financing and distribution entities. In addition, they may have their own studio facility or facilities; however, most firms in the entertainment industry have never had their own studios, but have rented space from other companies instead. Day-to-day filming operations are generally handled by a production company subsidiary.
Another type of company is an independently owned studio facility, which does not produce motion pictures by itself; such facilities only sell studio space.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “film studio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.