Atlas Studios is the fruit of the flourishing film production in Ouarzazate. It was built in 1993 on an area of ​​5 hectares at the entrance of the city to meet the growing interest in the region. If Ouarzazate offers landscapes from mountains, desert and vast film-making grounds, the studios seek to keep pace with cinematic action at all stages. They have offices for film editing, explosives sites, and stables for hundreds of horses and camels trained for acting. It also provides a qualified domestic workforce for acting, as well as production management offices. All this became an engine for some professions such as sewing, carpentry, makeup, and embossing on gypsum.

The studios provide visitors with a huge and special Pharaonic decorations, where the film "Cleopatra" was filmed. The visitor also finds some other decorations from famous films such as "The Gladiator". All were built with natural materials of gypsum, clay, cardboard and cane.