Stonestreet Studios

What Stonestreet Studios does

Stonestreet Studios is a privately held independent motion picture production company and screen acting training organization headquartered at 48 West 21st Street, New York City. Founded in 1990 by husband-and-wife team Alyssa Rallo Bennett (director/producer) and Gary O. Bennett (writer/producer), the company operates two intertwined businesses under one corporate entity: a fully functional multi-purpose film production studio and the Stonestreet Screen Acting & Production Residency Program. The studio produces socially conscious feature films, TV pilots, short films, web series, and MicroMovies, with titles such as ReRUN (starring Christopher Lloyd), The Pack (Lucie Arnaz, Elisabeth Moss), Rain Without Thunder (Jeff Daniels, Linda Hunt, Steve Zahn), and The Arrival (2024). Distribution is handled primarily by Gravitas Ventures across TVOD platforms including Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Tubi, Google Play, Microsoft Xbox, Vimeo, VUDU, and YouTube, with festival premieres at Tribeca, Woodstock, Newport Beach, Soho International, Martha's Vineyard, and Big Apple Film Festivals.

The residency business runs a proprietary curriculum taught in-house since 1990, delivered as the exclusive screen acting program for NYU Tisch Drama students (conferring 8 academic credits) and separately as a Professional Residency Program, summer intensives in New York and Los Angeles, and one-on-one private coaching. Revenue is generated from four streams: TVOD licensing royalties from the film slate, residency and summer program tuition (with multi-class discounts and a credit/non-credit tiered structure), private coaching sessions in-person and virtual, and studio rental income from the Manhattan facility. Customer segments span aspiring and emerging actors, hyphenate performers developing writing/directing/producing skills, NYU Tisch Drama students, emerging filmmakers, and TVOD platform/distribution partners.

The company maintains a small headcount (11–50 employees), has raised no external funding, has no parent company, and operates related affiliate ventures including Jamaad Pictures, Joker Coffee, and The Yesters. Marketing is event-driven and community-led, with film festival premieres, earned media in Variety/Hollywood Reporter/Deadline/BroadwayWorld, a weekly MailChimp newsletter, podcast appearances by the co-founders, and the annual Stonestreet Granite Award — given to alumni such as Rachel Brosnahan, Miles Teller, Danny Ramirez, Ximena Lamadrid, and Coral Peña — functioning as the primary awareness engine for both films and residency enrollment.

Name

Stonestreet Studios

Legal name

Stonestreet Studios Inc.

Website

https://stonestreet.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stonestreet Studios is a privately held NYC independent film production studio and screen acting residency founded in 1990, operating a proprietary acting curriculum through an exclusive NYU Tisch partnership alongside an indie film slate distributed via Gravitas Ventures on Amazon, Apple TV, and Tubi.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Independent Film Production

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Studio Campus / Production Facility Operators (MPADAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Soundstage & Stage Rental (Film/TV) (MPADAIAA), Set Operations & Facilities Support (Power, Generators, Site Services) (MPADAFAF)

Keywords

• Independent film production
• Screen acting training
• Acting residency program
• Film studio rentals
• Independent filmmaking education

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Film Production & Distribution: Stonestreet produces independent feature films and distributes them through TVOD platforms (Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Tubi) and theatrical releases. Revenue comes from digital sales, streaming licensing deals with platforms like Gravitas Ventures, and festival exhibition.
2. Residency Program Tuition: The Screen Acting & Production Residency Program generates revenue through tuition fees. Programs include NYU Tisch academic credit options (8 credits), professional non-credit programs, summer intensives in NY and LA, and Tuesday/Thursday professional studio system. Students enrolling in multiple classes receive discounts.
3. Studio Rentals: The company operates a multi-purpose visual motion picture production studio available for rent, located at 48 West 21st Street in Manhattan (5th & 8th Floors).
4. Private Coaching: Individual coaching sessions offered in-person in New York and Los Angeles, and virtually. Coaching covers self-tape and zoom audition setup, audition strengths analysis, developing good habits, screen and theater analysis skills, goal setting, and bold choice building.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stonestreet Studios is an independent visual motion picture production studio that produces feature films, TV pilots, short films, MicroMovies, and web series, while also operating the Stonestreet Screen Acting & Production Residency Program (an exclusive NYU Tisch Drama partnership since 1990) plus a Professional Residency and private acting coaching for emerging actors and filmmakers. The studio offers production studio rentals out of its Manhattan facility and distributes finished films via Gravitas Ventures across major TVOD platforms including Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Tubi, Google Play, and YouTube.

Product overview

Stonestreet Studios is an independent film production company and acting/production residency program founded by Alyssa Rallo Bennett and Gary O. Bennett. The company operates as a dual-entity: a fully operative multi-purpose visual motion picture production studio producing feature films (The Arrival, ReRUN, Rain Without Thunder, The Pack), TV pilots (Videola, Paradise By The Dashboard Light), web series, MicroMovies, and short films; alongside the Stonestreet Screen Acting & Production Residency Program (exclusive NYU Tisch partner since 1990) and Professional Residency Program offering courses in directing, screen acting, producing, and improvisation. The studio also offers private coaching, studio rentals, and the annual Granite Award recognizing outstanding alumni talent.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stonestreet Screen Acting & Production Residency: Educational residency program for emerging actors and filmmakers in partnership with NYU Tisch Drama
• Stonestreet Professional Residency Program
• StonestreetTV
• Stonestreet Granite Award

Products and services

• Feature Films Socially-conscious independent feature films produced by Stonestreet Studios, starring alumni and notable talent such as Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Moss, Lucie Arnaz, Peter Bradbury, and Pooya Mohseni, distributed on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Tubi, Google Play, Microsoft Xbox, Vimeo, Fandango at Home, and YouTube via Gravitas Ventures.
• TV Pilots Original television pilots developed and produced by Stonestreet, including Videola (starring Sean Young, winner of Best Pilot at Hoboken International Film Festival), Paradise By The Dashboard Light (featuring Francesca Reale and Sea Shimooka, also Best Pilot at Hoboken International Film Festival), and the DOT anthology series.
• Short Films Short film productions including Crowbar (2023), Compulsion (2024), Tell Me It's For Real (2025), and Dishwasher (2025), directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett and featuring emerging Stonestreet talent, with festival premieres at Soho International Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, and Big Apple Film Festival.
• Web Series Original web series content featuring Stonestreet Residency actors and alumni, distributed via StonestreetTV and online platforms.
• MicroMovies Short-form branded film content produced by Stonestreet, including contest-winning screenplays, distributed via ShortsTV and the StonestreetTV YouTube channel.
• Stonestreet Screen Acting & Production Residency (NYU Tisch) Exclusive, immersive film production residency program for NYU Tisch Drama students operating since 1990, granting 8 academic credits and providing hands-on training in screen acting and the end-to-end filmmaking process (scripting through editing) inside Stonestreet's working Manhattan studio.
• Stonestreet Professional Residency Program Tuesday/Thursday studio system program for emerging and working industry professionals, with 8–12-week sessions offering one to five classes with multi-class enrollment discounts, covering screen acting, directing, producing, screen improv, and creating original material.
• Summer Screen Acting & Production Residency Six-week intensive summer residency in New York and Los Angeles, available either for 8 college credits through NYU Tisch or as a non-credit professional program, taught using the Stonestreet proprietary curriculum.
• Private Acting Coaching One-on-one coaching sessions delivered in-person in New York and Los Angeles and virtually, covering self-tape and Zoom audition setup, audition strengths analysis, developing good habits, screen and theater analysis skills, goal setting, and bold choice building. Notable alumni coached include Camila Mendes (Riverdale), Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Coral Peña (For All Mankind), and Rachel Sennott (Bodies, Bodies, Bodies).
• Studio Rentals Rental of Stonestreet's multi-purpose visual motion picture production studio facilities at 48 West 21st Street, 5th and 8th Floors, New York, NY 10010, for external productions and shoots.
• Stonestreet MicroMovie Screenwriting Contest Open screenwriting competition feeding into Stonestreet's MicroMovie production slate, with winning screenplays produced and distributed on ShortsTV and StonestreetTV.

Quantifiable outcome

• 34 years of continuous operation as independent film studio and residency program
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gravitas VenturescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024Distribution partner for The Arrival film release. Gravitas Ventures handles TVOD distribution across Amazon, Apple, Google Play, Microsoft Xbox, Vimeo, Fandango at Home, and YouTube platforms.
• NYU Tisch School of the ArtscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1990Exclusive partnership since 1990 providing Stonestreet Screen Acting & Production Residency as the required program for Tisch Drama students. NYU Tisch provides academic credit (8 credits) for summer residency programs. Stonestreet provides studio facilities, faculty, and curriculum.
• ESRA (Ecole Superieur de Realisation Audiovisuelle)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with French film school providing international student exchange and filmmaking opportunities for French filmmakers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AFI Conservatory: Premier film conservatory producing MFA-level filmmakers with strong alumni placement. Comparable to Stonestreet's residency program in mission, though materially larger and degree-granting.
• Kaufman Astoria Studios: Established NYC film and television studio campus offering soundstage and facility rentals. Comparable on the production-facility side of Stonestreet's business.
• Silvercup Studios: Major NYC soundstage and production facility operator. Comparable as a NYC film studio campus with rental revenue, though Stonestreet operates at much smaller scale and bundles in education.

Others

• Gravitas Ventures: Independent film distribution partner for Stonestreet's TVOD releases. Listed as a peer because the distribution relationship is core to Stonestreet's film revenue model and Gravitas's catalog of indie releases provides a useful benchmark for comparable indie-film economics.

Emerging players

• Atlantic Theater Company / Atlantic Acting School: NYC-based theater company with affiliated acting school offering screen and stage training programs. Comparable as a niche private acting-training institution serving emerging performers in NYC.

Direct peers

• New York Film Academy: NYC- and LA-based film and acting school offering hands-on production training and degree programs. Directly comparable as a tuition-driven film education business operating in the same two cities with a similar multi-hyphenate acting curriculum.
• Stella Adler Studio of Acting: NYC acting conservatory with private coaching, summer intensives, and a screen-acting curriculum. Comparable tuition-based acting residency model in the same NYC market.
• Sundance Institute: Operates filmmaker labs, residency-style workshops, and supports independent film production/distribution — the closest analog to Stonestreet's combined studio + residency model, scaled much larger.
• Maine Media Workshops + College: Residency-style film workshop program offering multi-week intensives in filmmaking and acting. Closely matches Stonestreet's summer intensive structure and residency positioning.
• Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute: NYC-based acting school with a film-acting curriculum and a long-standing reputation for producing working actors. Closely comparable private acting-training institution competing for similar students.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@StonestreetStudios
• Xx.com/stone_street
• Facebookfacebook.com/stonestreetstudios
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stonestreet-studios-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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