Definitions

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  • adjective Not affiliated with a movie studio.
  • adjective Not of or pertaining to an art studio.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ studio

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Examples

  • Another dozen or so American indies or foreign-language imports provided pleasure and offered promise for the future, but a future in which smaller, nonstudio films will increasingly be crowded out of movie theaters—that's happening now—and confined to an online existence as streaming video, or the digital equivalent of literary novels.

    The Year's Best Movie: It's From Iran Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Now after four weeks in release from nonstudio distributor Roadside Attractions, "Bella" has total sales of $5.2 million.

    Limited-Release Films Show Strong Sales 2007

  • I met with director Chris Nolan and producers Suzanne and Jennifer Todd Team Todd, along with Will Tyrer and Chris Ball, and convinced them to release Memento in an independent, nonstudio manner.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • I met with director Chris Nolan and producers Suzanne and Jennifer Todd Team Todd, along with Will Tyrer and Chris Ball, and convinced them to release Memento in an independent, nonstudio manner.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • The acquisition and production group finds nonstudio product to distribute theatrically through third parties, through our Screen Gems unit as well as on home video and on television.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • The line blurs further today in exhibition, where so-called art house and mainstream exhibitors are both showing nonstudio independent movies as well as studio-distributed independent-style movies.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • The line blurs further today in exhibition, where so-called art house and mainstream exhibitors are both showing nonstudio independent movies as well as studio-distributed independent-style movies.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • The acquisition and production group finds nonstudio product to distribute theatrically through third parties, through our Screen Gems unit as well as on home video and on television.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • If the producer has completed the film entirely from nonstudio sources of financing and is now seeking distribution, he would screen it for a major studio distributor.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • If the producer has completed the film entirely from nonstudio sources of financing and is now seeking distribution, he would screen it for a major studio distributor.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

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