MPE Takes "Giant" Steps

With the NFL season underway, Manhattan Place Entertainment helped MSG Network kick off its coverage of New York Giants football.

The lighthearted spots featured play-by-play man Bob Papa taking the field at MetLife Stadium, and former Giants linebacker-turned-radio analyst Carl Banks studying intently for an upcoming broadcast.

Acting as Director of Photography, MPE's Steve Cohen was on location at the Giants complex shooting the two MSG promos.

The promos will air throughout the season on MSG Network.

MPE Takes off with 'Pan Am'

Manhattan Place Entertainment was on board with one of the most intriguing new shows of the fall TV season, 'Pan Am'. The ABC show, set in the 1960's, follows the lives of stewardesses who flew with Pan American Airways. As part of the promotional effort for the series, MPE took its cameras to the set at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn. We interviewed real life Pan Am stewardesses, to gain some insight into what it was like in those earlier days of air travel. 'Pan Am', starring Christina Ricci, airs Sundays at 10p.

MPE Steps up to the plate with "Boys in the Hall"

Manhattan Place Entertainment is proud to be associated with a new series that brings baseball history to life for fans across the country. "The Boys in the Hall", a weekly half-hour series, has been airing on Fox Sports Net. Hosted by former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, the 13 episode series features revealing interviews conducted by former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent with some of the greatest players of all-time. MPE provided production services including art direction, design and construction of all the studio sets, with Steve Cohen serving as the Director of Photography. In this project, MPE collaborated with Flagstaff Productions, the producers of well known sports documentary shows for HBO including "When it was a Game", "Mantle", and "Babe Ruth". Check your local listings for "Boys in the Hall" on Fox Sports Net.

MPE Shoots Special Feature Commemorating 9/11 Anniversary

To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Manhattan Place Entertainment partnered with Fox Sports to create a poignant piece for FOX NFL Sunday.

MPE shot a feature that illustrates how football played a part in the healing process, in the days and weeks after the terrorist attacks.

The piece features scenes from the rebuilding at Ground Zero, along with emotional interviews with members of the New York City Police and Fire Departments, as well as the Port Authority Police.

Recalling how the NFL was the first sport to return after 9/11, they reflect on how football served as a much-needed distraction, after the tragic events they had witnessed and the losses they suffered.

Shot and directed by MPE's Steve Cohen, the feature will air as part of FOX's special pre-game tribute on September 11th, the first Sunday of the 2011 NFL season.

MPE Gets Up Close with Dan Patrick

Manhattan Place Entertainment went behind the scenes with one of the country's most prominent sports broadcasters, Dan Patrick.

MPE collaborated with DIRECTV to shoot a series of 4 promos for the 'The Dan Patrick Show', the TV version of his popular radio show.

The promo will spotlight the nationally syndicated program, which features sports talk, interviews, and Dan's unique brand of wit.

It airs on The Audience Network, DIRECTV's original programming channel.

MPE Goes 'Crazy' with Miranda Cosgrove

MPE was called upon by producers from Trailer Park, Inc. to shoot one of Miranda Cosgrove's concerts as part of her 'Dancing Crazy' summer tour.

In a multi-camera shoot directed by Steve Cohen, Manhattan Place collaborated with one of the hottest young stars in music and TV, capturing her performance from every angle.

The concert show later aired on Nickelodeon, where Miranda stars in one of the network's most popular shows, "iCarly".

MPE Wins 2 More Telly Awards for "Eyes Wide Shut" & "Lombardi" Super Bowl XLV

And the winner is: Manhattan Place Entertainment. MPE is proud to announce that our work was recently recognized with two 2011 Telly Awards. The awards honor the best local, regional and cable television commercials, as well as the finest video and film productions.

Taking home a Telly Award in the category of Best Sports TV Segment and Promotional Piece was our spot featuring Dan Lauria, who starred as legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi in the Broadway show 'Lombardi'. The piece aired in the pregame show for Fox Sports leading into its coverage of this year's Super Bowl. In his acclaimed portrayal of Lombardi, Lauria delivers a powerful pre-game speech, exhorting his beloved Packers to play their best in the 2011 Super Bowl against Pittsburgh. Steve Cohen shot and directed the spot, filmed in the theatre where the show was staged, New York's Circle in the Square.

MPE's other Telly came in the category of Best Regional TV & Multi Market Cable Sports Commercial. The award is for a commercial promoting Versus's coverage of the Texas Indy 550. The spot, titled 'Eyes Wide Shut', was produced as part of MPE's partnership with Versus for its 2010 coverage of the Indy Racing League. MPE shot all of the world's most well known Indy Car drivers and created specialized elements for use in Versus show teases, driver profiles, and on-air promotional spots. MPE was responsible for handling the directing, cinematography, lighting, art direction, set construction, and all other technical aspects of the shoots, and contributed to the creative as well.

Scoring a touchdown for Fox Sports and taking the checkered flag for Versus, Manhattan Place Entertainment continues to provide award-winning content for our clients across all forms of media.

MPE Partners with St. Vincent's Medical Center to Produce Cancer Awareness Commercial

Manhattan Place Entertainment recently shot, produced and executed a campaign of TV commercials demonstrating the innovative cancer care approach of St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

MPE, the Emmy, Promax, Cine Eagle and Telly Award winning production house, completed a series of three spots, from providing the creative concepts to overseeing every aspect of production.

Two of the spots feature cancer survivors telling their poignant stories of the life-saving treatment and compassionate care they received at St. Vincent's.

Manhattan Place Entertainment is All Aboard With Thomas & Friends™!

One of the world's leading providers of high-quality children's programming, HIT Entertainment, selected MPE to produce two instructional videos for HIT's most recent Thomas & Friends™ apps, compatible for iPad®, iPhone® and iPod Touch®. The videos are now available for the story-inspired apps, Thomas & Friends™: Misty Island Rescue and Thomas & Friends™: Hero of the Rails.

With its latest project, MPE helps little engineers fully experience all of the adventure on the rails offered by these innovative, interactive apps. The videos help guide users on how to read, watch, and play with the many features of the apps, including multi-touch animation, CGI video, painting, puzzles, and games.

MPE is thrilled to help Thomas fans move full steam ahead and we hope you enjoy the exciting new apps.

MPE shoots NASCAR Feature for Fox Sports

For the 10th year in a row Fox Sports called upon MPE to handle principle shooting of the main feature and tease elements for the network's 2011 NASCAR coverage.

Black History Month with the NY Knicks

In honor of Black History Month, MPE shot a series of spots with the NY Knicks.

Several players, including superstar center Amare Stoudemire appear in the spots delivering their personal insights about the African Americans who have most inspired them.

The spots were shot on location at the Knicks practice facility in Westchester, NY and aired on the MSG Network.

Manhattan Place Entertainment makes it to their 8th Super Bowl

MPE, the Emmy, Promax, Cine Eagle and Telly Award winning production house, shot and directed Oscar winning actor Michael Douglas narrating a retrospective piece entitled, ”The Journey”. The inspiring feature aired just prior to the kick off of Super bowl XLV and was literally seen by an audience numbering in the 10 millions.

This marks the 8th time that MPE has created content for the Super Bowl, America’s most highly viewed televised event.

“Lombardi” delivers stirring Pre-Game speech to Packers

Dan Lauria, the star of Broadway’s hit play “Lombardi” performed a compelling Super Bowl pre-game speech that addressed the reigning NFC champion Green Bay Packers, imploring them to play their best in the Super Bowl.

MPE’s Steve Cohen shot and directed both features that aired during the FOX Sports coverage of Super Bowl XLV.

MPE Works with VERSUS to shoot Indy Car Portraits!

October 2010

With the 46th running of the Indianapolis 500 upon us, MPE is proud to have "qualified" in playing a key role in the creation of a fresh new look for Versus and their 2010 IZOD Indy Car Series telecasts.

MPE shot all of the worlds most well known Indy Car drivers and created stylized live action portraits as well as other specialty visual elements.

The original footage is used by the Versus team for creating show teases, driver profiles, and on-air promotional spots.

MPE was responsible for handling the directing, cinematography, lighting, art direction, set construction, and all other technical aspects of the shoots, and contributed to the creative as well.

The footage can be seen on Versus coverage of the Indianapolis 500 and throughout the entire 2010 IZOD Indy Car Series season on Versus.

3D TECHNOLOGY

Manhattan Place Entertainment is privileged to be working with FOX Sports and Pace Films in an effort to further develop and implement Pace Films’ 3D “Reality - Cam” system for the purpose of broadcasting live sporting events in 3D.

Pace films which is co owned by Oscar winning director James Cameron and technical “guru” Vince Pace developed the 3D “Reality - Cam” system. This camera system was the one used to shoot the 3D IMAX feature film entitled “Ghost of the Abyss”, which coincidentally, was directed by James Cameron.

Manhattan Place Shoots "Baby By Me" with 50 Cent

October 2009

Manhattan Place Entertainment recently produced and shot "Baby By Me" a :60 second TV spot for Vitamin Water starring hip-hop superstar 50 Cent.

The spot was part of a campaign to promote the release of the artists new album, "Before I Self Destruct".

Steve Cohen of Manhattan Place Entertainment produced and directed.

MPE scores Big with Giants Piece on Super Bowl XLII

February 2008

Manhattan Place Entertainment shot, directed, and executed the production design for the New York Giants “Resiliency” piece that aired during the team introductions on FOX Sports telecast of Super Bowl XLII.

This production could’ve been entitled "48 hours” said Steve Cohen (MPE’s owner, who did the design, shot, and directed the piece) “because that was the amount of time we had from concept through to completion”.

“The easy part was coordinating the crew and equipment, the harder part was coming up with a workable production design worthy of airing in a Super Bowl telecast with less than 36 hours until the first camera rolled”.

MPE Plays "supporting role" in The Spiderwick Chronicles!

January 2008

Manhattan Place Entertainment in association with Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures recently shot elements for a series of :30 second commercial spots promoting the upcoming release of The Spiderwick Chronicles.

"We were creating original content for new spots that needed to work with existing clips from The Spiderwick Chronicles movie,” " said MPE’s Steve Cohen, who shot and directed the spots.

So You Want To Be a Chipmunk!

December 2007

Manhattan Place Entertainment in association with Nickelodeon Movies and DreamWorks Pictures recently produced a: 30 second commercial spot in connection with the upcoming release of the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movie.

The spot was shot and directed by MPE's Steve Cohen in Times Square in New York City.