Modern Times
Humphrey and his director of administration Dorinda Hughes, mounted a successful campaign starting in 1993 to modernize and unify the facilities. By the summer of 1995, Pittsburgh Filmmakers was ensconced in its current home at 477 Melwood Avenue, a 44,000-square-foot (4,100 m2) space formerly used as Carnegie-Mellon University's Tartan Labs. Renovations included the building's first floor — to house equipment, classrooms, darkrooms, and offices — and the 130-seat Melwood Screening Room.
In 1995, the owners of the Fulton Theater Annex asked Filmmakers to move out. A temporary home for the Theater Annex's exhibition program was found at Point Park College's facility on Craft Avenue in Oakland. Before year's end, it moved into the Harris Theater at 809 Liberty, a former X-rated movie house located in downtown Pittsburgh. In early 1998, Pittsburgh Filmmakers purchased the Regent Square Theater, at 1035 South Braddock. In 2001, rehabilitation of the second floor of 477 Melwood was completed, which now holds offices, digital editing suites, classrooms, a sound stage, a new gallery for photo and other exhibitions, and a 60-seat theater. Aside from its rich and interesting history, it offers a superior quality education and exploration of the film medium in general.
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