Silvercup Studios
Company type | Studio |
---|---|
Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | Queens, New York, U.S. (1983) |
Founders | Stuart Suna Alan Suna |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Motion pictures, television programs |
Website | silvercupstudios |
Silvercup Studios is one of the largest film and television production facilities in New York City. The studio is located in Long Island City, Queens, with another facility in the Port Morris neighborhood of the Bronx. The studio complex has been operating since 1983 in the former Silvercup Bakery building. It was founded by brothers Alan and Stuart Suna.
History
[edit]During its early years the facility was used mostly for the filming of music videos and commercials, although occasionally scenes for motion pictures were shot there, including Highlander and Garbo Talks. Norman Leigh, well known among New York City filmmakers for his electrical/gaffing work on the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, oversaw the studio during its first few years.
Over the years, use of the studio's space has shifted toward the production of television series.
Productions
[edit]Silvercup was the primary shooting facility for ABC's Hope & Faith, and HBO's Sex and the City and The Sopranos. The finale of the 1986 film Highlander took place in-universe at Silvercup with an action sequence on its famous rooftop signage. Other film and television productions that have made use of the studio include:
- 30 Rock
- Analyze That
- Big Daddy
- Big Lake
- Birth
- Black Rain
- Daredevil: Born Again
- Dark Water
- The Deuce
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Elementary
- Fosse/Verdon
- Fringe
- Gangs of New York
- Garbo Talks
- Gossip Girl
- Hide and Seek
- Highlander
- The Impostors
- Jonny Zero
- Julie & Julia
- Just My Luck
- Krush Groove
- The Last Dragon
- Little Children
- Little Nicky
- Mad Men
- Manifest
- Meet the Parents
- Mickey Blue Eyes
- The Michael J. Fox Show
- Mr. Robot[1]
- The Mysteries of Laura
- No Reservations
- Person of Interest
- Private Parts
- Q2, Resource Television
- Quantico
- Righteous Kill
- The Savages
- Sex and the City
- Stuart Little 2
- The Snoop Sisters
- Two Weeks Notice
- The Sopranos
- Ugly Betty
- Uptown Girls
- What Happens in Vegas
- White Collar
References
[edit]- ^ Inoa, Christopher (July 29, 2015). "10 NYC Film Locations for USA Network's "Mr. Robot"". Untapped Cities. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Film production companies of the United States
- American film studios
- Television studios in the United States
- Long Island City
- Buildings and structures in Queens, New York
- Entertainment companies based in New York City
- Entertainment companies established in 1983
- 1983 establishments in New York City
- Port Morris, Bronx