Founders Stuart SunaAlan Suna | Industry Entertainment Opened 1983 Owners Alan Suna, Stuart Suna | |
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Products Motion pictures, television programs Website Silvercup Studios' Website Similar Kaufman Astoria Studios, Queensboro Bridge, Socrates Sculpture Park, Noguchi Museum, Museum of the Moving Image | ||
Silvercup studios
Silvercup Studios is the largest film and television production facility in New York City. Located in the neighborhood of Long Island City, in the borough of Queens, the studio complex has been operating since 1983 in the former Silvercup Bakery building. It is owned and operated by brothers Alan and Stuart Suna.
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- Silvercup studios
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- History
- Productions
- As a location
- References
7 train going by silvercup studios building on elevated train line in lic
History
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
Silvercup was the primary shooting facility for ABC's Hope & Faith, and HBO's Sex and the City and The Sopranos. Other film and television productions that have made use of the studio include:
As a location
The building also serves as a location for magazine photo shoots and music video productions. In Spring 2011, the alternative rock band Just Visiting's "Life In A Shoebox" music video featured the band playing on the Silvercup rooftop, and had a shot of the iconic sign. In Fall 2007, an American Express TV commercial starring Tina Fey featured shots of the outside and inside of the studio. The facility can be seen from the New York City Subway's 7 <7> N W trains just west of the Queensboro Plaza stop, and is also visible from cars crossing over the Queensboro Bridge to and from Manhattan. It is also the location of part of the final battle in "Highlander", with the character "The Kurgan" destroying the iconic sign during the battle.
Shots taped at the foot of the rear of the sign appeared in WNBC-TV's 1992 "Four New York" image campaign.
Silvercup has a second studio complex, also in Long Island City. and is planning on opening a third location in the Bronx in 2016.
