DEVELOPERS IN MOVIELAND

The New York Times – A few whose day job is putting up buildings have also, somehow, found their way into show business. And it’s a labor of love.

When it comes to a second career, many people daydream about breaking into show business, including some well accustomed to white-knuckle drama and skin-of-the-teeth ventures: real estate tycoons.

UP CLOSE : FILM VETERAN JONATHAN WACKS LEADS NEW BARRY R. FEIRSTEIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CINEMA

Brooklyn College Magazine – More than a century ago, Brooklyn was home to a nascent, but growing, film industry, just blocks from today’s Brooklyn College campus. At its center, the American Vitagraph Company, the biggest studio in the country, was prolific in its output. Then moviemaking moved west to Hollywood, taking with it what would grow to be a multibillion-dollar industry.

STEINER TOWERS OVER NY FILM

New York Post – On Set Brooklyn Navy Yard, where WWII training films were once made, today hosts movies and hit TV shows like “Boardwalk Empire” at Steiner Studios.

INSIDE THE ACTORS’ STUDIOS

Crain’s New York Business – As New York City grows into a mecca for film and television production, local studio bosses increasingly call the shots.

THE REEL DEAL

New York Post – Aspiring TV and filmmakers should brush up on their self-promotion skills. A new graduate film school – and the only housed on a working film studio lot nationwide – is preparing to open its doors to its first classes in the fall of 2014.