Steiner Studios
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Steiner Studios is the largest film and television production studio complex outside of Hollywood. Steiner Studios offers 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of soundstages, with air conditioning and power infrastructure, and an additional 215000 square feet (19,974.2 m²) of offices, dressing and make-up rooms, mill shops, spray booths, prop lock-ups, etc. All sound stages are equipped with a grid and catwalk system. Office and support spaces have access to satellite uplinks and a high-speed data backbone.
Soundstages, with 35 to 45 foot grid height, are column-free, sound-insulated, and offer loading and staging areas. Built to accommodate film, high-definition television (HDTV) and digital camera productions, each stage is 120 feet (36.6 m) wide, wired with a minimum of 9,000 amps of power and 150 to 200 tons of cooling. Stages are accessed via 20 feet (6.1 m) by 28 feet (8.5 m) elephant doors.
Each stage is attached to production and support space, including make-up and dressing rooms, green rooms, storage areas, conference rooms and offices. In addition to the enclosed building areas, there are assembly and secondary areas for "lay-down" of materials and equipment used in large-scale film projects.
The facility also features a 100-seat screening room and a full commissary, with dining and catering services available on soundstages, in offices and on location.
, Then She Found Me
, 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
, and Burn After Reading
.
Steiner Studios also has hosted many television shows, including, Damages
, Flight of the Conchords
, Clash of the Choirs
, The Unusuals
, and Boardwalk Empire. It was the location of the 17th annual Gotham Awards
held on November 27, 2007.
remained dormant, finally sold to New York City by the federal government in 1967 for $24,000,000. NYC reopened the Brooklyn Navy Yard
as an industrial park in 1971. 28 years later, David S. Steiner and his son, Douglas C. Steiner began development of what has become NYC's largest television and movie production facility sitting on 15 of the Navy Yard's nearly 300 acres.
, to house businesses with ties to film and television, such as art designers and stylists.
Soundstages, with 35 to 45 foot grid height, are column-free, sound-insulated, and offer loading and staging areas. Built to accommodate film, high-definition television (HDTV) and digital camera productions, each stage is 120 feet (36.6 m) wide, wired with a minimum of 9,000 amps of power and 150 to 200 tons of cooling. Stages are accessed via 20 feet (6.1 m) by 28 feet (8.5 m) elephant doors.
Each stage is attached to production and support space, including make-up and dressing rooms, green rooms, storage areas, conference rooms and offices. In addition to the enclosed building areas, there are assembly and secondary areas for "lay-down" of materials and equipment used in large-scale film projects.
The facility also features a 100-seat screening room and a full commissary, with dining and catering services available on soundstages, in offices and on location.
Notable productions
Among the major motion pictures filmed at Steiner Studios are The Producers: The Movie Musical, FurFur (film)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is a 2006 film starring Nicole Kidman as iconic American photographer Diane Arbus, who was known for her strange, disturbing images.-Plot synopsis:...
, Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Helen Hunt. The screenplay by Hunt, Alice Arlen, and Victor Levin is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Elinor Lipman...
, The Tourist, Across the Universe
Across the Universe (film)
Across the Universe is a musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's plot is centered around songs by The Beatles. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2007. The script is based on an original...
, The Hoax
The Hoax
The Hoax is a 2007 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. The screenplay by William Wheeler is based on the book of the same title by Clifford Irving and focuses on the autobiography Irving supposedly helped Howard Hughes write...
, Funny Games, The Nanny Diaries
The Nanny Diaries (film)
The Nanny Diaries is a 2007 American comedy-drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. Written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, it stars Scarlett Johansson, Alicia Keys, Paul Giamatti, and Laura Linney; and was produced by Richard N...
, Life Support
Life Support (film)
Life Support is a 2007 American film starring Queen Latifah. It is loosely based on the real life story of Andrea Williams, an HIV-positive woman....
, Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
, My Super Ex-Girlfriend
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a 2006 American romantic comedy superhero film, directed by Ivan Reitman and stars Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson with Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Rainn Wilson, and Wanda Sykes.-Plot:...
, Inside Man
Inside Man
Inside Man is a 2006 crime-drama film directed by Spike Lee. It stars Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Willem Dafoe and Jodie Foster. The film's screenplay was written by Russell Gewirtz and produced by Brian Grazer...
, Enchanted, Baby Mama
Baby Mama (film)
Baby Mama is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, and Dax Shepard.-Plot:...
, and Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Brad Pitt. It was released in the United States on September 12, 2008, and it was released on October 17, 2008...
.
Steiner Studios also has hosted many television shows, including, Damages
Damages (TV series)
Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler . It is broadcast in the United States on the DirecTV channel Audience Network after originally airing on FX and is produced by the creators' own...
, Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords (TV series)
Flight of the Conchords is an American television comedy series that debuted on HBO on June 17, 2007. The show follows the adventures of Flight of the Conchords, a two-man band from New Zealand, as its members seek fame and success in New York City. The show stars the real-life duo, Jemaine Clement...
, Clash of the Choirs
Clash of the Choirs
Clash of the Choirs is a reality talent contest miniseries that debuted on NBC in the United States on December 17, 2007. There were four episodes scheduled in the “quick competition”...
, The Unusuals
The Unusuals
The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series which premiered on ABC on April 8, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. An ABC press release described The Unusuals as "like a modern-day M*A*S*H" that "explores both the grounded drama and comic insanity of the world of New York City police...
, and Boardwalk Empire. It was the location of the 17th annual Gotham Awards
Gotham Awards
The Gotham Awards is an annual ceremony of awards presented to the makers of independent films which takes place in New York City...
held on November 27, 2007.
History
First commissioned by Thomas Jefferson and employing 70,000 workers during World War II, the Brooklyn Navy YardBrooklyn Navy Yard
The United States Navy Yard, New York–better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard –was an American shipyard located in Brooklyn, northeast of the Battery on the East River in Wallabout Basin, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlear's Hook in Manhattan...
remained dormant, finally sold to New York City by the federal government in 1967 for $24,000,000. NYC reopened the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The United States Navy Yard, New York–better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard –was an American shipyard located in Brooklyn, northeast of the Battery on the East River in Wallabout Basin, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlear's Hook in Manhattan...
as an industrial park in 1971. 28 years later, David S. Steiner and his son, Douglas C. Steiner began development of what has become NYC's largest television and movie production facility sitting on 15 of the Navy Yard's nearly 300 acres.
Expansion plans
An expansion of the facility through renovation of a seven-story building in the Navy Yard, announced by its chairman, Douglas C. Steiner, on February 15, 2007, would nearly double its size to 600000 square feet (55,741.8 m²), creating a 289000 square feet (26,849 m²) media campus, located on Washington AvenueWashington Avenue
Washington Avenue can refer to:*Washington Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida*Washington Avenue ,*Washington Avenue , a major street in Minneapolis, Minnesota*Washington Avenue...
, to house businesses with ties to film and television, such as art designers and stylists.