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| type | entity_type | name | domain | status | founded | headquarters | website | tagline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| entity | company | Obsidian Studio | entertainment | active | 2025-01 | New York (+ Paris, Brussels, 2 other cities) | AI filmmaking production services company |
Obsidian Studio
Type: Production services company
Founded: January 2025
Founders: Wes Walker (commercial director), Louis Gheysels (CEO, Gang Group)
Headquarters: Five cities including New York, Paris, Brussels
Overview
Obsidian Studio is an AI filmmaking production services company founded to harness AI tools as facilitators for directors' visions. The company's mission is to "understand what exists in the minds of directors and use AI to serve those ideas" rather than treating AI as autonomous creators.
Key Partnerships
- Imagine Entertainment (Ron Howard + Brian Grazer): Strategic partnership bringing Hollywood prestige production pedigree (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon)
- AWS (Amazon Web Services): Infrastructure backing for virtual production
- Kling AI: Close collaboration with the Chinese AI video platform
- Wonder Project: Working on "Innovative Dreams" production initiative
- Luma AI: Production collaboration with AWS backing
Production Philosophy
"If it's AI-detectable, you've failed." The company's standard is indistinguishability from human-directed filmmaking. AI serves creative vision, not replaces it.
Market Position
Production services company combining generative AI and traditional filmmaking techniques. Represents institutional infrastructure formation around AI video generation tools, indicating the technology has crossed from experimentation to production-capable infrastructure.
Timeline
- 2025-01 — Company founded by Wes Walker and Louis Gheysels
- 2026-04-24 — Featured in Hollywood Reporter and CNBC as AWS-backed AI filmmaking startup
- 2026-05-18 — Jon Erwin presenting at Kling AI panel at Cannes: "From Creative Possibility to Production Reality: Kling AI in Cinematic Workflow"
Sources
- Hollywood Reporter, April 24, 2026
- CNBC feature on AWS-backed Hollywood startup
- Variety coverage of Cannes AI filmmaking panels