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In The Dark, Inc. · Los Angeles

Advising where
technology meets
the craft.

Curt Behlmer advises media, entertainment, and technology organizations on strategic technology planning, systems integration, and operational transformation. Forty-plus years across post-production, digital cinema, and immersive audio.

Practice
Media technology advisory & systems integration
Founded on
Post-production, digital cinema, immersive audio
Based in
Los Angeles, California
Contact
contact@inthedarkinc.com

Advisory

Curt Behlmer

Principal Consultant & Media Technology Advisor

I advise media, entertainment, and technology organizations on strategic technology planning, systems integration, and operational transformation. My practice spans immersive audio, digital cinema, content services, post-production infrastructure, and the workflows that connect them.

Recent work includes a seven-plus-year advisory relationship with Universal Music Group, supporting advanced technology initiatives across immersive audio, video services, supply chain, and strategic partnerships. I also serve as Strategic Advisor to Studio Without Walls, helping shape its growth in the design and integration of high-performance media environments for commercial and private clients.

The same systems-integration discipline carries into private residential and estate-scale AV, networking, automation, and media environments — bringing enterprise-grade engineering standards to projects that are typically served by consumer-grade thinking.

Over a forty-plus-year career the work has included building and running a global digital cinema mastering and distribution business, executive oversight of a purpose-built studio sound complex, modernizing a major studio's post-production operations through the analog-to-digital transition, and leading content solutions and industry relations at Dolby Laboratories.

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Curt Behlmer · Los Angeles

$70M+

Annual revenue, global digital cinema business built with full P&L responsibility

92,000 ft²

Purpose-built sound complex delivered on the Paramount lot

40+ yrs

Post-production, digital cinema and immersive audio

1983

Academy member since; four terms on the Board of Governors

Practice areas

  1. 01
    Strategic technology planning

    Multi-year technology roadmaps, make-versus-buy analysis, and capital planning for content operations — grounded in what the workflow actually requires rather than what a vendor is selling.

  2. 02
    Systems integration & facility design

    Mix stages, screening rooms, editorial suites, and networked audio infrastructure — from room specification and vendor selection through commissioning and launch.

  3. 03
    Immersive audio & advanced formats

    Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, HDR, and immersive delivery pipelines — including immersive automotive infotainment: format strategy, mastering workflow, quality control, and the practical realities of distributing to every downstream platform.

  4. 04
    Content operations & vendor management

    Catalog assessment, restoration and enhancement programs, supply-chain design, and delivery to FAST, SVOD, AVOD, and social platforms — with the vendor diligence to back it up.

  5. 05
    Estate, studio & venue systems

    AV, networking, automation, power resilience, and access control for estates, studios, and commercial entertainment venues — engineered and documented to commercial standards.

Selected roles

  • 2019–Present Principal ConsultantIn The Dark, Inc.
  • 2026–Present Strategic AdvisorStudio Without Walls, Inc.
  • 2019–2026 Technology ConsultantUniversal Music Group
  • 2014–2018 SVP, Content Solutions & Industry RelationsDolby Laboratories
  • 2012–2013 CTO, Entertainment ServicesTechnicolor
  • 2006–2012 EVP Creative Services / COO, Worldwide Digital CinemaTechnicolor
  • 2002–2006 Managing Partner & CTODigital Cinema Ventures
  • 1999–2002 SVP, TechnologySoundelux Entertainment Group
  • 1992–1999 SVP, Post Production ServicesWarner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies
  • 1979–1992 COO & Chief EngineerRyder Sound Services
  • 1978–1979 Post Production EngineerLion's Gate Films (Robert Altman)

Recognition & service

  • John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation — Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • Ken Mason Award — Inter-Society for the Enhancement of Cinema Presentation
  • SMPTE Fellow; founding chair of the SMPTE DC28 digital cinema standards committee
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — member since 1983; elected by the Sound Branch to four three-year terms on the Board of Governors
  • Former Chairman — Inter-Society for the Enhancement of Cinema Presentation
  • Dolby certified Dolby Atmos Specialist for Commissioning & Room Tuning

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA