Brooklyn College opening new graduate school of cinema at Steiner Studios
Only public grad school in nation on working film lot
Film students now have the opportunity to attend a graduate school of cinema located on a full-production film studio in Brooklyn – at about one third the price of a private university.
The Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, operated by Brooklyn College, is opening at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in September 2015. The school is taking 70,000 square feet in a totally renovated building at 25 Washington Avenue on the Steiner complex, where films like “American Gangster,” the Fox series “Gotham” and the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” are shot.
Feirstein is the only public graduate school in the nation to be “seamlessly integrated into a working film lot and the first public graduate school of cinema in New York City,” according to the City University of New York (CUNY).
Students will specialize in areas like screenwriting, directing, cinematography and other film-related disciplines at the new grad school. Feirstein will be accepting applications through Jan. 15 for the 2015-16 academic year. A school spokesperson told the Brooklyn Eagle that student interest is high.