He headed the Louisiana Film Commission and served as founding president of Filmworks New Orleans.
George J. Steiner Jr., a onetime head of the Louisiana Film Commission and founding president of the now-shuttered Filmworks New Orleans production facility, has died. He was 68.
Steiner died Sept. 25 of heart attack in a New Orleans hospital, his former business partner Phil Caruso reported. A longtime member of the DGA and IATSE Local 478, Steiner spent 50 years working on films, TV shows and commercials in the Crescent City., a set production assistant onTerminator GenisysSteiner served as director of the Louisiana Film Commission from 1992-96 under governor Edwin Edwards and then president of FilmWorks New Orleans, which opened in October 2014 with a 20,000-square-foot stage and 406,000-square-foot backlot on 37 acres.
Born in New Orleans on Aug. 19, 1952, Steiner made a documentary about his home town when he was 18. He graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans and worked as a boat operator onSurvivors include his wife of 24 years, Eileen, and his sister, Susan.
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