I could see it maybe being used to develop on set controllers. Things like programming of lights etc could potentially use it.
I also see it being commonly used for web servers that are also used by the film industry. Django is quite common so I suspect that's another area.
Unfortunately I think that's about it. The de facto tools that are used outside of VFX and animation each have their own APIs on other languages and I don't see them converging on any particular language.
As a Django consultant its nice to know about this info. Do you happen to know the name of companies using Django? Id like to approach them for work :)
I believe Disney Animation do as well for certain projects too, and probably Pixar too. ILM also have a web department though I don't know if they use django but I suspect they would.
It's not really front and center on any of the job listings I see, even on ours but we do definitely use it for some of our backend.
I also see it being commonly used for web servers that are also used by the film industry. Django is quite common so I suspect that's another area.
Unfortunately I think that's about it. The de facto tools that are used outside of VFX and animation each have their own APIs on other languages and I don't see them converging on any particular language.