Austin Studios is a 20-acre (81,000 m) film and video production facility with 10,000 square feet (1,000 m) of production office space and over 100,000 square feet (10,000 m) of production space established in 2000. The space includes five production stages converted from airplane hangars, two production office buildings, and numerous onsite vendors including Chapman/Leonard, Mobile Production Services, and Miscellaneous Rentals, among others.
38-835: Austin Studios is also home to the Austin Film Society main office. Various studio films shot at Austin Studios include: Miss Congeniality , The New Guy , The Rookie , The Life of David Gale , 25th Hour , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning , Secondhand Lions , Star Trek , Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over , Man of the House , Friday Night Lights , The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl , The Wendell Baker Story , Idiocracy , A Scanner Darkly , Infamous , The Hitcher , The Return , Stop-Loss , Grind House , Machete Kills , and Alita: Battle Angel . Various TV shows, commercials and music videos have also been shot at
76-536: A $ 5 million bond to improving Austin Studios. Planned renovations include soundproofing the stages, climate control, and improving the digital infrastructure of the facilities. In 2005, The Austin Film Society recently sponsored the cast of The Real World Austin to produce a documentary on SXSW. In several episodes, AFS facilities and staff can be seen. The Austin Film Society Grant (AFS Grant)
114-536: A $ 5 million bond to improving Austin Studios. Planned renovations include soundproofing the stages, climate control, and improving the digital infrastructure of the facilities. In April 2014, Rooster Teeth Productions moved offices to Stage 5 and Bungalow A at Austin Studios. This article about a film studio is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Austin Film Society The Austin Film Society ( AFS )
152-568: A makeshift projection room upstairs from a local coffee shop drew a moderate cult following. AFS eventually grew in scale and began developing various programs to boost film production and education. In 2000, with a unique partnership with the City of Austin, AFS created Austin Studios on a section of land from the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport . Former airplane hangars were converted into five studio production stages while several terminals were turned into production offices. Austin Film Society
190-603: Is a non-profit film society based in Austin, Texas . Founded in 1985 to exhibit independent, experimental, foreign and various other non-mainstream art films, the film society has grown from just film exhibition to fostering independent filmmaking in Texas and has served as a cornerstone in building the film industry in Austin. The film society also owns and maintains Austin Studios, hosts the annual Texas Film Awards gala, and oversees
228-452: Is a grant program for emerging Texas-based filmmakers. The program was created in 1996 in response to the lack of public grant funding for filmmakers. As of 2023, the film society has given out over $ 2,400,000 worth of grants to over 500 filmmakers since its inception, providing the seed money for several projects that went on to screen at festivals like Sundance , Cannes , and SXSW . The Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund changed its name to
266-494: Is a monthly series which hosts groundbreaking documentaries usually with the filmmakers in attendance. AFS also has hosted the Quentin Tarantino Film Festival , where Tarantino spent over a week in Austin screening some of his favorite films from his private collection and sharing his unique encyclopedic knowledge of obscure films. The Tarantino Film Festival first began in 1996 as a 10-day event at
304-748: Is also home to the Austin Film Society breakroom and screening room with 35 mm, 16 mm and video projection capabilities. Various studio films shot at Austin Studios include: Miss Congeniality , The New Guy , The Rookie , The Life of David Gale , 25th Hour , Texas Chainsaw Massacre , Secondhand Lions , Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over , Man of the House , Friday Night Lights , The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl , The Wendell Baker Story , Idiocracy , A Scanner Darkly , Infamous , The Hitcher , The Return , Stop-Loss , and Grindhouse . Various TV shows, commercials and music videos have also been shot at
342-541: Is currently located on the Austin Studios property, overseeing the daily operations of the studios, in addition to actively bringing in new film productions from small independent films to large studio pictures. Source: Since its inception in 1985, the Austin Film Society has screened more than 2000 films. The 'Essential Cinema' series offers weekly screenings and range in monthly themes from director retrospectives, to regional or genre specific series. 'Doc Nights'
380-492: The 1970s, including improvements to the runways and the terminal. Before the expansion, the departure area consisted of 4 to 5 gates, not enclosed but covered by a large awning, and no jetways . Mueller's longest runway was 7,269 feet (2,216 m) long, and by the late 1990s the passenger terminal was at full capacity with 16 gates. For a number of years, the Texas Army National Guard had facilities at
418-783: The AFS Cinema offers a full schedule of first run films, featuring the best in international and independent films new to theaters. Signature film programs are often accompanied by introductions by the film programmers or other special guests. Austin Studios is a 20-acre (81,000 m ) film and video production facility with 10,000 square feet (1,000 m ) of production office space and over 100,000 square feet (10,000 m ) of production space. The space includes five production stages converted from airplane hangars, two production office buildings, and numerous onsite vendors including Chapman/Leonard, Film Fleet, Gear, Miscellaneous Rentals, Great FX and Heartland Studio Equipment. Austin Studios
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#1732779570562456-696: The AFS screening room. New artists services programs like the Docs-In-Progress series allow filmmakers to screen rough cuts to AFS members as a test audience. In 2005, the cast of The Real World Austin screened a rough cut of their SXSW documentary The Real SXSW . In the spring of 2013, the Austin Film Society partnered with The Marchesa Hall & Theatre to create "AFS at the Marchesa," Austin's new home for classic, independent and art house film programming. The first Austin Film Society screening at AFS at
494-615: The Austin Film Society Grant (AFS Grant) in the spring of 2013. The Austin Film Society hosts the Texas Film Awards, an annual awards gala inducting legends of cinema and television into the Texas Film Hall of Fame . The Texas Film Awards were founded in 2001 to honor the best in Texas film and to raise funds for the year-round programs and services of AFS. Each year, the event has grown to become
532-472: The Austin Film Society grant program. The film society was founded by film director Richard Linklater , who currently serves on the board as artistic director. Other notable members on the board and advisory board include Tim McCanlies , Robert Rodriguez , Charles Burnett , Guillermo del Toro , Jonathan Demme , Mike Judge , John Sayles , Steven Soderbergh , Paul Stekler and Quentin Tarantino . AFS
570-570: The Dobie Theatre (at which Tarantino showcased his favorite "sleazy genre films"). AFS has also hosted numerous regional and world premieres of films including: Sin City , Bad News Bears , School of Rock , The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl , Jackie Brown , and various other films usually directed by Austinite filmmakers like Richard Linklater and Robert Rodriguez . The film society also hosts smaller screenings of independent films and rough cuts to private audiences at
608-550: The Marchesa was the 20th anniversary screening of Dazed and Confused . Other screenings and series made possible by the partnership include Richard Linklater's "Jewels in the Wasteland" series , the Old School Kung Fu Weekend, Matewan with John Sayles in attendance, Eggshells with Tobe Hooper in attendance, a Godard vs. Truffaut series , and more. In May 2016, Austin Film Society took over
646-649: The airline returned by 1970. The jet age arrived in Austin in 1965 when Braniff introduced British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Elevens nonstop to Dallas Love Field and San Antonio as well as direct to Chicago O'Hare, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Amarillo, Lubbock, and Corpus Christi. Per its September 7, 1965 timetable, Braniff was flying Lockheed L-188 Electra propjets nonstop to Dallas Love Field, Fort Worth (via Greater Southwest International Airport ), and San Antonio with direct Electras to Washington D.C. National Airport , Denver, Colorado Springs, Oklahoma City and Corpus Christi. By 1968, Trans-Texas Airways
684-481: The airport sat vacant and unused for more than half a decade until the city approved a development plan. The new community of Mueller broke ground in 2007 and was expected to take at least ten years to be fully developed. The airport's control tower has been preserved and restored in response to the local community's desire to keep the iconic 1961 structure. The view of the Texas State Capitol from
722-417: The airport. Whether the aging Mueller should be relocated to Manor, Texas , was a perennial issue in Austin politics, until the closure of Bergstrom Air Force Base opened another possibility. Bergstrom, located southeast of downtown Austin, closed as an active military base in 1993. It was decommissioned as a reserve base in 1996. The primary runway, designed for military cargo and high-performance jets,
760-539: The base of the tower became one of the Capitol View Corridors protected under state and local law from obstruction by tall buildings in 1983, though redevelopment of the Mueller subdivision is exempt from the regulation. Robert Mueller Municipal Airport also left behind about 20 acres and 10,000 square feet of hangar buildings that have been converted into sound stages and renamed Austin Studios . It
798-504: The early 1980s and was operating Boeing 727-100s and 727-200s as well as McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and wide body McDonnell Douglas DC-10 jets into the airport. American introduced Austin's first wide body service with nonstop DC-10 flights to Dallas/Ft. Worth and would later operate the Boeing 767 to DFW from Mueller as well. United was operating nonstop Boeing 727-100s to Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and San Antonio while USAir
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#1732779570562836-545: The late 1980s, every major U.S. air carrier was serving Robert Mueller Municipal Airport with mainline jets. A new passenger terminal and control tower was built in 1961. The control tower was known for its alternating light blue and dark blue porcelain panels. The terminal and control tower were dedicated in a ceremony attended by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Austin Mayor Lester Palmer. A major expansion at Robert Mueller Municipal Airport took place in
874-464: The lease of the space formerly called The Marchesa Hall & Theatre. The space was then renamed to the AFS Cinema. After a significant renovation, AFS opened the AFS Cinema in spring of 2017 with two screens, a full bar and café, and an event hall available for rentals. AFS curates a wide selection of films for its signature programs at the cinema, including repertory series, new restorations, documentaries, independent films and premieres. Additionally,
912-833: The most glamorous night in Austin. Honorees have included Morgan Fairchild, Marcia Gay Harden, Matthew McConaughey, Billy Bob Thornton, Farrah Fawcett, Amber Heard, David Gordon Green, Horton Foote, Terrence Malick, Jack Valenti, Woody Harrelson and music acts such as the Dixie Chicks, ZZ Top and Lyle Lovett. Each year, the Awards also honor a film made in Texas. Past recipients include Dazed And Confused , From Dusk Till Dawn , Rio Bravo , Rushmore , State Fair , Easy Rider , Giant and The Last Picture Show . Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Robert Mueller Municipal Airport ( IATA : AUS , ICAO : KAUS , FAA LID : AUS ) (1930–1999, / ˈ m ɪ l ər / "Miller")
950-543: The nonstop 727 to Washington Dulles Airport, and a nonstop 727-200 to San Antonio. Braniff 727s flew one-stop direct to Chicago O'Hare Airport, New York JFK Airport , Kansas City, Memphis and Amarillo and direct, multi-stop to Detroit, Newark and Washington National Airport. All of the Continental service was being operated with Boeing 727-200s, nonstop three times a day to Houston Intercontinental Airport and to Midland/Odessa, and one stop to Miami and El Paso. Continental
988-635: The route. By 1979, Texas International was flying McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s and DC-9-10s and all airline flights from Mueller were operated with mainline jets. On February 13, 1978 Southwest Airlines , operating as an intrastate airline at this time, began Boeing 737-200 service to Mueller. In July 1978, Southwest was flying nonstop from Austin to Dallas Love Field, Houston Hobby, Corpus Christi and Harlingen. In 1979, Delta Air Lines and Eastern Air Lines began serving Austin, both airlines flying nonstop to Atlanta with Eastern also operating nonstop to Houston Intercontinental and one-stop to Boston. Delta
1026-616: The studios. The Flaming Lips video "Psychic Wall" from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was shot in one of the stages and shows a behind the scenes look at the hangars. Austin Studios is also the former home to the Thunderdome, headquarters and skating facility of the Texas Rollergirls, as seen in the A&;E reality series Rollergirls . In November 2006, the city of Austin voted in favor of Proposition 4, which allotted
1064-523: The studios. The Flaming Lips video "Psychic Wall" from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was shot in one of the stages and shows a behind-the-scenes look at the hangars. Austin Studios is also the former home to the Thunderdome, headquarters and skating facility of the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls , as seen in the A&E reality series Rollergirls . In November 2012, the city of Austin voted in favor of Proposition 4, which allotted
1102-448: Was a Braniff Boeing 727 to Washington Dulles Airport in 1968; that flight lasted until 1980. It was the only nonstop out of the state until Braniff tried a Chicago O'Hare Airport nonstop in 1978. In 1963, Continental was flying Vickers Viscount turboprops Houston Hobby Airport – Austin – San Angelo – Midland/Odessa – El Paso – Tucson – Phoenix – Los Angeles and direct to Lubbock and Amarillo. By 1964, Continental had dropped Austin,
1140-589: Was also operating direct, multi-stop service several times a day to Los Angeles ( LAX ), Phoenix and Tucson, and later flew Boeing 720Bs to Mueller on the multi-stop route between IAH and LAX. Texas International was flying nonstop Douglas DC-9-10s to Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport, Houston Intercontinental, Lubbock and San Antonio with one-stops to Albuquerque, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Laredo and Little Rock. Texas International also flew direct, multi-stop DC-9s to Denver and Los Angeles and nonstop Convair 600 turboprops to Houston in addition to its DC-9 service on
1178-467: Was created in 1985 by film director Richard Linklater , cinematographer Lee Daniel , Austin Chronicle editor and South by Southwest (SXSW) founder Louis Black , University of Texas at Austin film professor Charles Ramirez-Berg and film programmer and professor Chale Nafus. Their original goal was to bring hard-to-find, sometimes obscure films for screening in Austin. Early screenings held in
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1216-485: Was flying nonstop to Houston Intercontinental with one flight a day operated with a Boeing 737-200 with direct, one stop service to Pittsburgh. Other airlines operating jets to Austin during the 1980s included America West Airlines , Emerald Air (which was based in Austin and operated not only independently but also as Pan Am Express ), Muse Air and its successor TranStar Airlines , Northwest Airlines , Pan Am , Trans World Airlines ( TWA ), and Western Airlines . By
1254-431: Was identified with the airport code AUS, which was reassigned to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport in 1999. As the need for commercial air service became clear in the 1920s, the 1928 Austin city plan called for the establishment of a municipal airport. Austin voters supported a bond election to fund the airport (among other projects) later in 1928. The airport was constructed a few miles northeast of downtown, on what
1292-579: Was left intact and required little work to return to serviceable condition. Smaller military-era buildings at the site were demolished, and a new terminal building and traffic/parking infrastructure was built in their place, creating an international-capable civilian airport to replace Mueller Airport. Robert Mueller Municipal Airport's commercial service ended on 21 May 1999, replaced by the new Austin-Bergstrom International Airport ; while general aviation activities at Mueller continued through 22 June 1999. The 711 acres (3 km ) of land that once housed
1330-443: Was operating Douglas DC-9-10s to Mueller with nonstops to Dallas Love Field, Houston Hobby and San Antonio and direct to New Orleans, Memphis, Little Rock and Corpus Christi. In early 1976, the same three airlines were at AUS (Trans-Texas Airways had changed its name to Texas International Airlines ). Braniff was operating up to eight nonstops a day to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with Boeing 727-100s and 727-200s ,
1368-405: Was operating Boeing 727-200s while Eastern was flying Boeing 727-100 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s to the airport. In 1981, American Airlines began service to Mueller, followed in 1983 by United Airlines and USAir (which was renamed US Airways and subsequently merged with American Airlines ). American was flying nonstop to Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW), Chicago O'Hare, and Corpus Christi during
1406-578: Was the first civilian airport built in Austin , Texas , United States . It was located a few miles northeast of downtown Austin . It was replaced as Greater Austin 's main airport by the Austin–Bergstrom International Airport , which is located on the site of the former Bergstrom Air Force Base . The airport was named after Robert Mueller, a city commissioner who died in office in January 1927. Robert Mueller Municipal Airport
1444-581: Was then the edge of the city. The airport began operation on 14 October 1930; airline flights began in 1936. In the 1950s, developers began building housing beneath Mueller’s flight paths and airport traffic increased as the city grew. The April 1957, OAG lists 33 weekday departures on three airlines: fifteen on Braniff International Airways , ten on Trans-Texas Airways ( TTa ) and eight on Continental Airlines . Nonstop flights did not reach beyond San Antonio , San Angelo , Dallas Love Field or Houston Hobby Airport . The first scheduled nonstop beyond Texas
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