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The Walt Disney Studios also known as Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group and formerly known as Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group[citation needed], is an American entertainment industry company division which develops scripts and oversees theatrical production for The Walt Disney Company's production companies and imprints. The studio, known for its film division, which is one of Hollywood's major film studios, is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
Walt Disney Studios' film division is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
Walt Disney Studios in its current form was initiated in 1998 by then Studio Chairman Joe Roth in order to centralize the various production units and to make live-action film production within Disney more cost-efficient.[citation needed]
The name "Buena Vista" originated from the much older Buena Vista Distribution company , founded by Walt Disney as a subsidiary to distribute his films and short subjects in 1953. That name in turn came from the street name South Buena Vista Street in Burbank where the Walt Disney Studios complex was, and still exists today.[citation needed]