Strategy & architecture
Technology roadmaps, system design, workflow analysis, and build-versus-buy decisions grounded in real production constraints.
- Production technology strategy
- Cloud and hybrid architecture
- Security and provenance
Building the Studio of the Future
Technology for the way production actually works.
We design and build foundational systems for media and entertainment that connect creative intent, production data, cloud infrastructure, and responsible AI in a secure but streamlined way to find the promised efficiencies of technological innovation. We work to solve issues around multi-user, multi-cloud, content security, copyright, indemnification, third-party productions and other enterprise-level concerns that most off-the-shelf AI tools do not handle well if at all.
- Production intelligence
- Interoperability
- AI-enabled workflows
- Cloud systems
01 / Point of view
A pipeline isn’t just monolithic background infrastructure, it is the modular framework of software, hardware, people, and process that enables creative possibility to become operational reality.
Nuance Media Studio builds production-ready software for media and entertainment. We turn promising ideas into focused proofs of concept, then apply the same production and technology expertise to your hardest problems through focused consulting.
The promise of AI is often overstated, but we are experts in harnessing the things AI is great at, while working in harmony with human creativity and novelty. We believe the best outcomes stem from using every resource to its strengths and to backstop its weaknesses.
02 / What we do
From ambiguity to working systems.
We join projects at the point where production complexity, fragmented tools, and new technology collide. We have worked independently and delivered tools in full, or we have embedded within existing organizations and teams to build bespoke workflows that fit the way you actually work with the tools and platforms you already use.
Prototypes & products
Focused proofs of concept that test the riskiest assumptions first, then evolve into maintainable production tools.
- Rapid POC development
- AI-assisted applications
- Production-ready engineering
Connected production
Interoperable data and services that help creative, technical, and business teams work from a shared view of the production.
- MovieLabs OMC alignment
- Workflow and data integration
- Standards and partner strategy
03 / How we work
Every project gets the team it actually needs.
We assemble the right collaborators for each engagement, keeping strategy, architecture, and execution connected from the first conversation through delivery.
- 01
Find the real constraint
Map the workflow, people, data, and decisions before prescribing technology.
- 02
Prove the difficult part
Build the smallest credible system that can validate value, feasibility, and risk.
- 03
Make it operational
Turn the learning into a resilient product, integration, or implementation plan.
04 / Core team
Built across the boundary between media and technology.
Strategy · Operations · Production Technology
Robert Fixer Smith
Paramount Global - Sphere Entertainment - Live Nation Studios - Digital Domain
With over three decades of experience across production, VFX, virtual production, interactive media, live experiences, and enterprise studio innovation, Fixer brings a focus on Strategy, Product Development, Production Workflows, Business Development and Community Engagement to Nuance.
Software · Infrastructure · Engineering
Josh Grow
Sphere Entertainment - Zorroa - Walt Disney Studios - Creative Cartel
Josh brings production engineering and security expertise to media and entertainment, connecting cloud infrastructure, production pipelines, and AI-driven workflows. At Sphere Entertainment, he led software development of the 16K camera-to-screen pipeline and hybrid production infrastructure. Previously, he architected studio systems at Walt Disney Studios and co-created JOUST, connecting on-set production, VFX, editorial, and post-production. His focus is practical, secure technology that supports creative teams.
Standards · Interoperability · Partnerships
Chris Vienneau
MovieLabs - Autodesk - Discreet Logic
Production-technology leader with deep experience across creative tools, open standards, production interoperability, and technology-partner strategy.
Global Cloud & AI Technology Strategist
Jack Wenzinger
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - AWS - Technicolor
Over 30 years in media and entertainment technology, spanning operations, sales, and business development. He helps studios, networks, and technology providers make the hard transitions in the media stack: asset management strategy and implementation, cloud and workflow transformation, product go-to-market, and the support models that keep new platforms running after launch. His work pairs deep production-technology fluency with an operator's need to balance budgets, performance requirements, and decision rights. Active in several industry transitions, Internet boom, digital post production, cloud migrations, and the ongoing transformation due to GenAI technologies.
Product Management · Technical Architecture · AI Systems
Christopher Hennes
Film Solutions - Dial800 - Intelligent Generation
Christopher brings the rigor of software development to media and entertainment, turning high-level ideas into shipped products and keeping creative, technical, and executive stakeholders aligned. At Film Solutions he led delivery of Photokill, a secure platform for actor approval of pre-release marketing stills, with zero leaks across roughly 35 films. Now developing hybrid AI for asset provenance on MovieLabs OMC.
05 / Principles
Technology should disappear into the work.
Human judgment stays central. AI accelerates analysis and action; it does not erase authorship or accountability.
Interoperability beats lock-in. Open standards and portable data preserve choice as tools and vendors change.
Proof beats performance. We favor working prototypes, visible constraints, and measurable learning over theater.
Production is the test. A system succeeds when it works for the people who must rely on it under real conditions.
06 / Start here
Have a production problem that does not fit in a product demo?
Let’s talkConsulting · Prototypes · Product development · Production systems