founded brooklyn new york u.s. 2004 founders david s. steiner headquarters brooklyn navy yard united states key people douglas c. steiner 1 products motion pictures television programs commercials photography website steiner studios website steiner studios steiner studios is the largest us film and television production studio complex outside of hollywood . 2 it is located on 20 acres within the brooklyn navy yard . steiner studios is home to ten soundstages totaling 131 000 square feet 12 200 m2 . 3 there is also an additional 224 000 square feet 20 800 m2 of support space which includes offices dressing rooms hair and make up rooms wardrobe rooms mill shops a spray booth and prop storage . 4 office and support spaces have access to satellite uplinks and a high speed data backbone . soundstages are equipped with full grids from 26 to 45 feet are column free sound insulated and offer loading and staging areas . 3 built to accommodate film high definition television hdtv and digital camera productions each stage is wired with a minimum of 4 800 amps of power and 50 to 200 tons of cooling . stages are accessed via 13 foot high 4.0 m to 20 foot high 6.1 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 on site parking 24 7 security and lighting and grip equipment services . 5 contents 1 notable productions 2 history 3 expansion 4 see also 5 notes 6 external links notable productions edit among the major motion pictures filmed at steiner studios are the producers the movie musical fur then she found me the tourist across the universe the hoax funny games the nanny diaries life support spider man 3 men in black 3 mr. popper s penguins the adjustment bureau sex and the city 2 the tempest revolutionary road my super ex girlfriend inside man enchanted baby mama the sorcerer s apprentice and burn after reading . steiner studios also has hosted many television series including damages flight of the conchords clash of the choirs the unusuals pan am bored to death boardwalk empire girls gotham and hip hop squares . it was also the location of the 17th annual gotham awards held on november 27 2007 . 6 history edit first commissioned by thomas jefferson and employing 70 000 workers during world war ii the brooklyn navy yard remained dormant finally sold to new york city by the federal government in 1967 for 24 000 000 . new york city 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 new york city s largest television and movie production facility sitting on 20 of the navy yard s nearly 300 acres . expansion edit an expansion of the facility through renovation of a seven story building in the navy yard was announced by its chairman douglas c. steiner on february 15 2007 . 7 in march 2012 mayor michael bloomberg unveiled five new sound stages a total of 30 500 square feet 2 830 m2 at steiner studios . 8 the new sound stages all feature two or three wall cycloramas . 9 brooklyn college opened the feirstein graduate school of cinema on steiner studios production lot for the fall 2013 semester . 10 it is the first public graduate school of film in new york and is thought to be the only film school in the country located on a working film lot . 11 12 in november 2013 carnegie mellon university announced the creation of the integrative media program at steiner studios . see also edit gotham awards brooklyn navy yard notes edit katherine clarke december 1 2012 . the closing with doug steiner . the real deal . retrieved march 16 2016 . ... my middle name is craig ... what s your date of birth 1960 ... where ships happen new york city museum celebrates brooklyn navy yard s history . associated press . november 19 2011 . visitors learn for example that steiner studios the largest film and television complex outside hollywood is the yard s largest tenant . a b steiner studios hollywood east expands facilities . brooklyn daily eagle . march 26 2012 . retrieved june 19 2012 . steiner studios opens five new soundstages in new york . backstage . march 27 2012 . retrieved june 19 2012 . steiner studios project overview new york daily news november 15 2007 steiner studios 2007 11 22 . press release steiner studios to sign lease on building at brooklyn navy yard doubling space for feature film television and commercial production . steinerstudios.com . retrieved 2008 06 23 . hollywood style steiner studios to undergo major expansion adding new soundstages post production photo studios and office wardrobe and warehouse areas . ny studios expand in bid for more films tv shows . reuters . march 26 2012 . retrieved june 19 2012 . steiner studios specifications brooklyn college steiner studios partnering on new graduate film school . new york post . january 20 2011 . retrieved june 19 2012 . barry feirstein to make gift for brooklyn college film school . the wall street journal . january 21 2011 . retrieved june 19 2012 . brooklyn college steiner plan film school . variety . january 20 2011 . retrieved june 19 2012 . external links edit official website coordinates 40 42 2 n 73 58 2 w 40.70056 n 73.96722 w 40.70056 ; 73.96722 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title steiner studios & oldid 741753415 categories american film studiosculture of brooklynentertainment companies based in new yorkentertainment companies established in 20042004 establishments in new yorkhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view 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