Cinespace Film Studios


Cinespace Film Studios is a series of film studio facilities founded in 1988, by Greek-Canadian Nick Mirkopoulos. It includes a facility in Vaughan, that has been in operation since the 1960s. In 2007 Mirkopoulos helped his Greek-American nephew found a branch in Chicago, .

Studios

Kipling Avenue Studios

The company acquired a campus at 777 Kipling Avenue in Toronto's Etobicoke area in 2009.
During the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, Mayor of Toronto John Tory joined with Cinespace officials to announce plans to build two very large new studios on the site, with a combined footprint of. One of the large studios will be permanently devoted to underwater filming.
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'2012
'2013
Pacific Rim2013-
Pompeii2014-
'2017-
Flatliners2017-

Television Series'
Toronto International Studios, is the same film studio that was established previously at Kleinburg, Ontario in the 1950s. Its geocoordinates are.
opened for business in 2011 and Alex Pissios, the president of the company, was featured in the December 2019 Chicago Magazine. , is the “Hollywood of the Midwest,” bringing a multitude of digital media employment and education opportunities to the community and region by revitalizing a depressed neighborhood, and contributing to the creation of more than 15,000 jobs. His leadership at has been instrumental in infusing billions of dollars of revenue into the city and the state of Illinois.
Its campus has been the nexus for over 40 major productions used to film multiple television series and Feature Films, including:
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2011
Divergent 2014
Captive State2017
Rampage 2017
Widows 2018
Proud Mary 2018

With 35 sound stages on its 2 million+ square foot main campus in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood, and additional studios currently under construction at 31st and Kedzie, Cinespace is the largest film studio outside of California. Since opening in 2011, Cinespace has helped bring more than 15,000 new jobs to the area. In addition to studio space, Cinespace Chicago Film Studios houses dozens of production offices and support spaces as well as numerous production tenants that offer equipment, casting services, post-production houses, a 3D animation company, plus camera and lighting rentals and sales. Since its inception, Cinespace has brought in more than 3 billion dollars in film-related spending to Chicago.