The studio was one of several opened during the boom in British production following the First World War.
Its owners were Stoll Pictures which became one of the largest British film company of the early 1920s.
[1] Because Surbiton's single-stage studio was considered too small for the company's ambitions, Stoll moved most of its production over to the much-larger Cricklewood Studios and rented Surbiton out to independent producers.
[2] The following year Stoll took over BIF, and Surbiton came back under its control.
[3] BIF eventually moved its production to the more modern Welwyn Studios, and Surbiton closed.