Originally it was the site of
Metro Pictures Back Lot #3 in 1920. In 1947 it was rebuilt as a nine-stage studio called Equity Pictures and became Motion Picture Center Studios a year later. It has been used for a wide variety of film and television production, and the studio has been known by many different names. In 1953, after filming the first two seasons of the
I Love Lucy TV series at
General Service Studios,
Lucille Ball and
Desi Arnaz were looking for a larger studio. They looked at the lot (known at the time as Motion Picture Center) and signed a ten-year lease on the property. In 1955 Desilu bought the studio. In 1959, when Desilu bought other studios in Hollywood and
Culver City, the studio's name was changed to
Desilu-Cahuenga Studios to avoid confusion with the other Desilu Studios. In 1984, ten years after being independently owned and operated for use by producers, it became
Ren-Mar Studios. In January 2010, Ren-Mar Studios was bought by
Red Digital Cinema Camera Company. The complex was renamed
Red Studios Hollywood. In 2024,
Nikon officially acquired RED Digital Camera, resulting in the studio's name change in early 2025 to RSH Studios. When Nikon acquired RED Digital Cinema in 2024, the studio was excluded from the purchase and was retained by
Jarred Land and
Jim Jannard, and it remains under their independent ownership to this day. ==Productions==