diff --git a/moviepy/Clip.py b/moviepy/Clip.py
index 015ecf513..a1386c911 100644
--- a/moviepy/Clip.py
+++ b/moviepy/Clip.py
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ class Clip:
        this case their duration will be ``None``.
 
      """
-   
+
     # prefix for all temporary video and audio files.
-    # You can overwrite it with 
+    # You can overwrite it with
     # >>> Clip._TEMP_FILES_PREFIX = "temp_"
 
     _TEMP_FILES_PREFIX = 'TEMP_MPY_'
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.memoize = False
         self.memoized_t = None
         self.memoize_frame  = None
+        self.generator_cls = None
+        self.generator_attrs = {}
 
 
 
     def copy(self):
-        """ Shallow copy of the clip. 
-        
+        """ Shallow copy of the clip.
+
         Returns a shallow copy of the clip whose mask and audio will
         be shallow copies of the clip's mask and audio if they exist.
 
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ def copy(self):
             newclip.audio = copy(self.audio)
         if hasattr(self, 'mask'):
             newclip.mask = copy(self.mask)
-            
+
         return newclip
 
     @convert_to_seconds(['t'])
@@ -474,25 +476,27 @@ def iter_frames(self, fps=None, with_times = False, progress_bar=False,
         >>> print ( [frame[0,:,0].max()
                      for frame in myclip.iter_frames()])
         """
-
-        def generator():
-            for t in np.arange(0, self.duration, 1.0/fps):
-                frame = self.get_frame(t)
-                if (dtype is not None) and (frame.dtype != dtype):
-                    frame = frame.astype(dtype)
-                if with_times:
-                    yield t, frame
-                else:
-                    yield frame
+        # Best ratio seems to be 3 ffmpeg threads per python thread
+        # This is effectively 3 * (3 ffmpeg threads + 1 py thread) == 12 threads
+        threads = 0
+        from moviepy.iterframes import iterframes
+
+        params = {
+            "clip": self,
+            "fps": fps,
+            "dtype": dtype,
+            "with_times": with_times,
+            "threads": threads
+        }
 
         if progress_bar:
             nframes = int(self.duration*fps)+1
-            return tqdm(generator(), total=nframes)
+            return tqdm(iterframes(**params), total=nframes)
 
-        return generator()
+        return iterframes(**params)
 
     def close(self):
-        """ 
+        """
             Release any resources that are in use.
         """
 
diff --git a/moviepy/iterframes.py b/moviepy/iterframes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a45eb91fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moviepy/iterframes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+from collections import defaultdict
+from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
+from queue import Empty
+import signal
+import platform
+import numpy
+import sys
+import os
+
+
+class Worker(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, target, *args):
+        self.queue_out = Queue()
+        self.queue_in = Queue()
+        self.target = target
+        self.args = args
+        self.process = Process(
+            target=self.target,
+            args=(self.queue_out, self.queue_in,) + self.args
+        )
+        self.process.daemon = True
+
+    def start(self):
+        try:
+            return self.process.start()
+        except BrokenPipeError as e:
+            print("=" * 30)
+            print("Ran into a broken pipe error")
+            print("=" * 30)
+            print("This can occur if you are calling functions directly from a module outside of any class/function")
+            print("Make sure you have your script entry point inside a function, for example:")
+            print("\n".join([
+                "",
+                "def main():",
+                "    # code here",
+                "",
+                "if __name__ == '__main__':",
+                "    main()"
+            ]))
+            print("=" * 30)
+            print("Original exception:")
+            print("=" * 30)
+            raise
+
+    def get(self):
+        return self.queue_in.get()
+
+    def put(self, val):
+        return self.queue_out.put(val)
+
+    def join(self):
+        return self.process.join()
+
+
+def iterframes_job(recv_queue, send_queue, times, clip_generator_cls, clip_generator_attrs, dtype):
+    generator = clip_generator_cls(**clip_generator_attrs)
+    clip = generator.get_clip()
+
+    for current in iterate_frames_at_times(clip, times, dtype):
+        send_queue.put(current, timeout=10)
+
+        # Avoiding running ahead of the main thread and filling up memory
+        # Timeout in 10 seconds in case the main thread has been killed
+        try:
+            recv_queue.get(timeout=10)
+        except Empty:
+            # For some reason sys.exit(), os._exit(), or raising an exception doesn't work
+            sig = signal.SIGTERM
+            if platform.system() == "Windows":
+                sig = signal.CTRL_C_EVENT
+            os.kill(os.getpid(), sig)
+
+
+def iterate_frames_at_times(clip, times, dtype):
+    for time in times:
+        frame = clip.get_frame(time)
+        if (dtype is not None) and (frame.dtype != dtype):
+            frame = frame.astype(dtype)
+        yield time, frame
+
+
+def get_clip_times(clip, fps):
+    return numpy.arange(0, clip.duration, 1.0 / fps)
+
+
+def iterframes(threads, clip, fps, dtype, with_times):
+    attrs = {
+        "clip": clip,
+        "fps": fps,
+        "dtype": dtype,
+    }
+    if threads < 1:
+        generator = singlethread_iterframes
+    else:
+        generator = multithread_iterframes
+        attrs["threads"] = threads
+
+    for current in generator(**attrs):
+        if with_times:
+            yield current
+        else:
+            yield current[1]
+
+
+def singlethread_iterframes(clip, fps, dtype):
+    for current in iterate_frames_at_times(clip, get_clip_times(clip, fps), dtype):
+        yield current
+
+
+def multithread_iterframes(threads, clip, fps, dtype):
+    times = get_clip_times(clip, fps)
+    jobsets = defaultdict(list)
+    for index, time in enumerate(times):
+        jobsets[index % threads].append(time)
+
+    workers = [Worker(iterframes_job, jobsets[i], clip.generator_cls, clip.generator_attrs, dtype) for i in range(threads)]
+    for worker in workers:
+        worker.start()
+
+    for index, time in enumerate(times):
+        current = workers[index % threads].get()
+        workers[index % threads].put(True)
+        yield current
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+    for worker in workers:
+        worker.join()