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NYU Tisch Establishes the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center in Sunset Park

State-of-the-art facility rounds out the media and production ecosystem at the Brooklyn site.
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Industry City adds a new NYU video production center. Photo: Provided/Industry City.

The NYU Tisch School of the Arts will make Industry City the new home for the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center. The Center will provide NYU Tisch students and faculty with production facilities and a unique setting for collaboration at some of New York’s leading film and media companies. 

The 45,586-square-foot facility will be housed on the top floor of Building 8 at Industry City. It will feature two 3,500-square-foot stages, two television studios, broadcast and control rooms, dressing rooms and makeup areas, a lounge and bistro, scene workshops, offices, and training spaces. 

The new Center was made possible by a major gift announced in 2021 from the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, led by Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Ariel Investments and filmmaker George Lucas. The donation established the Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts, which includes the Virtual Production Center, the Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies, and support for student scholarships. The gift is the largest in the Tisch School’s history.

“We remain so grateful to the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation for the visionary and transformative gift honoring Martin Scorsese. The foundation’s generosity has allowed us to begin building the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, a place where our filmmakers, actors, dancers, and designers will push forward the boundaries of storytelling,” Allyson Green, dean of the Tisch School of the Arts, said. “We feel very fortunate to be joining the innovative community of makers and creators within Industry City. The partnerships we forge, along with the inspiring legacy of Martin Scorsese, will make it possible for the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center to become a place that fuels the development of new and exciting talent in all areas of the cinematic arts for NYU Tisch students and for the New York City film industry at large.”

Widely considered one of the greatest American filmmakers, Scorsese earned two degrees from NYU: a bachelor’s degree in 1964 and a master’s in 1968. He received an Honorary Degree in 1992 and is a member of the Tisch School of the Arts Dean’s Council.  

"Congratulations to NYU Tisch School of the Arts on the establishment of the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, the first of its kind on the East Coast, cementing NYC’s role as the premier center for cinema studies and film production,” said NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment Commissioner Anne del Castillo. "We are thrilled with this exciting addition to the Industry City campus, which is a fast-growing hub for creativity and innovation.”




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