- Steiner Studios
Steiner Studios is the largest film and television production studio in the
New York City borough ofBrooklyn and the second largest in that American city.Silvercup Studios , in the neighboring borough of Queens, advertises itself as "New York City's largest full-service Film & Television production facility," according to its website, " [http://www.silvercupstudios.com/ Silvercup Studios] ", accessedJune 23 ,2008 .] The facility is located in theBrooklyn Navy Yard . Among other movies, "Spider-Man 3 " and "Inside Man " incorporate scenes filmed at Steiner Studios.Notable productions
Several major motion pictures have been filmed at Steiner Studios or include scenes shot there:
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* Fur
* The Tourist
* Across the Universe
*The Hoax
* Funny Games
* The Nanny Diaries
* Life Support
*Spider-Man 3
*My Super Ex-Girlfriend
*Inside Man
* Enchanted
* Baby Mama
*Burn After Reading
* Ghost TownImdb title|title=Ghost Town|id=0995039.]Steiner Studios also has hosted many television shows and pilots:
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30 Rock - Pilot only.
* Damages - Pilot and Series (now filming)
*Flight of the Conchords - Series
*Clash of the Choirs - LiveNBC holiday productionIt was also the location for the 17th annual
Gotham Awards , first held there onNovember 27 ,2007 .Cite news|author=Jotham Sederstrom|title=Indie Film's Best to Flock to Navy Yard for Gotham Awards|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2007/11/15/2007-11-15_indie_films_best_to_flock_to_navy_yard_f-2.html|work=New York Daily News , Brooklyn|publisher="nydailynews.com"|date=2007-11-15|accessdate=2008-06-23|quote=The awards ceremony, which honors independent movies and the people who make them, will touch down at Steiner Studios on Nov. 27 - with celebs such asSean Penn ,Meryl Streep and BrooklyniteMarisa Tomei expected to attend. ... 'We'd like to stay - knock on wood,' said Michelle Byrd, executive director of the Independent Feature Project, the group organizing the awards gala. 'We're feeling really happy about the move toBrooklyn . Assuming this works out, it would be great to make this our new home.' ... The ceremony, which was previously held atChelsea Piers ,Hammerstein Ballroom and Roseland Ballroom inManhattan , grew too big for those venues. This year, the event expects to draw more than a thousand film industry notables to the Navy Yard. ] Cite news|author=IFP|url=http://www.ifp.org/ifpnews/newsitem.php?id=553&chapter=1|title=IFP Expands 17th Annual Gotham Awards With Move to Brooklyn's Steiner Studios|work=IFP Press Release|publisher="ifp.org"|date=2007-07-27|accessdate=2008-06-23]Expansion plans
An expansion of the facility through renovation of a seven-story building in the Navy Yard, announced by its chairman, Douglas G. Steiner, on
February 15 ,2007 , would nearly double its size to 600,000 square feet, creating a 289,000-square-foot media campus, located onWashington Avenue , to house businesses with ties to film and television, such as art designers and stylists.Cite news|author=Steiner Studios|title=Press release: Steiner Studios to Sign Lease on Building at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Doubling Space for Feature Film, Television and Commercial Production|url=http://www.steinerstudios.com/press-releases.php|publisher="steinerstudios.com"|date=2007-11-22|accessdate=2008-06-23|quote=Hollywood-style Steiner Studios to undergo major expansion - adding new soundstages, post-production, photo studios, and office, wardrobe, and warehouse areas.]ee also
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Gotham Awards Notes
External links
* [http://www.steinerstudios.com/projectsummary.html Steiner Studios] – Official site. Accessed
June 23 ,2008 .
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