Wildflower Studios

Name

Wildflower Studios

Legal name

Wildflower Studios Queens Management

Website

https://wildflowerstudios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film and Television Production Facilities

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Studio Campus / Production Facility Operators (MPADAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Soundstage & Stage Rental (Film/TV) (MPADAIAA), Production Office Space & Support Facilities (MPADAIAD)

Keywords

• Soundstage rental services
• Film production facilities
• Television studio leasing
• Production support services
• Media production campus

Headquarters

HQ city

Queens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Soundstage Rental: Wildflower Studios generates revenue by renting out its 11 soundstages to film, TV, games, AR/VR, and digital media productions. Productions rent the facility for pre-production through post-production work.
2. Production Support Services: Revenue from ancillary services including dedicated support spaces (carpentry scene shops, dressing rooms, production offices), commissary/food services, green rooms, and other production amenities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Wildflower Studios rents 11 combinable soundstages (averaging 18,000 sq ft each with 45-foot heights to grid and NC-25 sound-proof rating) along with production support spaces (carpentry scene shops, dressing rooms, production offices, freight elevators, 300+ parking spaces and 26 loading docks) to film, television, gaming, AR/VR, and digital media productions. The facility supports end-to-end work from pre-production through post-production under one roof at its 760,000 sq ft vertical campus in Astoria, Queens.

Product overview

Wildflower Studios is a single, unified production facility offering end-to-end film and TV production capabilities. The core product is its 11 combinable soundstages (Stages 1-11) organized across two levels, with Lower Stages (1-5) on Level 1 and Upper Stages (6-11) on Level 5. Supporting the soundstages are production support services including dedicated scene shops, dressing rooms, production offices, parking, and loading docks. Additional amenities include a luxury green room suite and food/amenity services featuring waterfront park access and chef-operated commissary. The facility enables seamless work from pre-production through post-production under one roof.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sound Stage Rental Eleven combinable soundstages averaging 18,000 sq ft with 45-foot heights to grid and NC-25 sound-proof rating, organized across Lower Stages 1-5 (Level 1) and Upper Stages 6-11 (Level 5). Movable NIC-55 acoustic elephant doors allow connection of up to three stages for flexible configurations, leased to film, television, gaming, AR/VR, and digital media productions.
• Production Support Services Supporting amenities and infrastructure leased alongside the soundstages, including dedicated carpentry scene shops, dressing rooms, production offices, elephant production elevators accommodating 60-foot articulating boom lifts, 300+ secure indoor parking spaces, 26 loading docks with direct stage access, a luxury 3,000 sq ft green room suite, waterfront park access, private terraces with Manhattan skyline views, and a commissary featuring menus by acclaimed chefs.

Quantifiable outcome

• First public opening for Rare Shades 7 exhibition in May 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cheryl HugginscoreOthers · 1 January 2024Named executive director of Wildflower Studios in May 2024 ahead of July opening. Previously held executive positions at Quixote Studios and Sunset Studios. Oversees operations at the 11 soundstage facility.
• Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Internationally renowned Danish architectural firm led by starchitect Bjarke Ingels. Designed the seven-story Brutalist-inspired vertical studio with angled concrete panels. Created the world's first vertical film studio architecture.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Trilith Studios: Large-scale film/TV studio campus in Fayette County, Georgia — the leading US alternative to NYC for tax-incentive-driven production. Directly comparable soundstage rental and campus-style production support model; competes with Wildflower for any production choosing between NY and GA.
• Steiner Studios: Largest film/TV studio complex in NYC, located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Operates multiple soundstages and production support facilities for the same enterprise film/TV production customer base that Wildflower targets.
• Kaufman Astoria Studios: Iconic NYC film/TV studio complex located in the same Astoria, Queens neighborhood as Wildflower. Directly competes for the same NYC-based productions, state tax credit bookings, and proximity-to-Manhattan value proposition.
• Sunset Studios: Major multi-stage film/TV studio operator (Hollywood and other locations) where Wildflower's Executive Director Cheryl Huggins previously held an executive position. Closely comparable large-scale soundstage rental and production support business model.
• Silvercup Studios: Long-established NYC film/TV studio in Long Island City, Queens — the same borough as Wildflower. Direct competitor for NYC-based episodic and feature production bookings.
• Quixote Studios: Los Angeles-based film production services and stage provider where Wildflower's Executive Director Cheryl Huggins previously worked. Comparable soundstage and production support offering, particularly relevant for industry talent overlap and operational benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• Pinewood Studios: Iconic UK-based film/TV studio operator with global facilities (Pinewood, Shepperton, etc.). Comparable large-scale soundstage rental and production support business model; serves as the international benchmark for studio campus economics.
• Shepperton Studios: Major UK film/TV soundstage and production facility operated by the Pinewood group. Comparable large-scale soundstage rental model serving global film and episodic productions; relevant benchmark for tax-credit-driven utilization economics.

Emerging players

• Eastbrook Studios: Newly developed UK film/TV soundstage complex (with Netflix backing) that, like Wildflower, represents a greenfield large-scale vertical/multi-stage campus built specifically for streaming-era production demand. Comparable in scale, capital intensity, and target tenant profile.

Regional players

• Cinecittà Studios: Historic large-scale Italian film/TV production campus in Rome. Comparable soundstage rental and full-service production campus model; operates in a different geography but represents the same vertically-integrated studio-operator archetype Wildflower embodies.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wildflower-studios-nyc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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