Originator Studios

Located in East Austin, we're a video production and VR developments company with our own production soundstage, open to the public. We're an energetic group of producers, directors, developers and crew with a mindset that's equal parts creative and tech-savvy. We're ultimately storytellers with an eye for new tech that can change the way the audience engages with the story.

We scale our work and our team to match your goals, budgets, timelines, target audience, product benefits and brand personality.

Our studio is an 800 ft2 soundstage with a 2-wall cyc that generally transitions from white to green, depending on the previous shoot . The walls are pre-lit with 6 Kino Flo lights, mounted on a grid that lowers to the ground for easy access. Short and Feature Length Films as well as Music Videos, and corporate interviews have all been shot here.

The studio was taken over by Derek Gildersleeve and Willie Rockefeller in 2016 and the two have been interested in new ways of inviting the community into the film, photo, and VR