Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Founded in 1971, Pittsburgh Filmmakers is one of the largest and oldest independent media arts centers in the country. In January 2006, the organization merged with Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, broadening its artistic offerings to southwestern Pennsylvania. Filmmakers offers a curriculum of courses in film, video, and photography to university and independent students in the Pittsburgh region. The organization exhibits the work of prominent photographers and filmmakers in its two galleries, where it also displays work by students and members twice a year. It owns and operates three theaters, which exhibit a wide variety of first-run foreign and independent American films as well as classics and documentaries. The organization’s Center for the Arts is a nonprofit arts campus that offers community arts education programs, contemporary art exhibitions, and services and resources for individual artists. Go to this Spotlight