Where was Jaws filmed?
1975 film by Steven Spielberg
Jaws (1975) was filmed in Martha's Vineyard — 1 recorded filming location in the United States. It is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the Jaws film series
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Filming locations
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Martha's Vineyard
🇺🇸 United States
island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
“Shot mostly on location at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts from May to October 1974, Jaws was the first major motion picture to be shot on the ocean and consequently had a troubled production, going over budget and schedule.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 8 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Long Island
🇺🇸 United States
island in New York, United States of America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Culver City
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
“Afterward, underwater scenes were shot at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios water tank in Culver City, with stuntmen Dick Warlock and Frank James Sparks as stand-ins for Dreyfuss in the scene where the shark attacks the cage, as well as near Santa Catalina Island, California.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
Sony Pictures Studios
🇺🇸 United States
American television and film studio complex located in Culver City, California at 10202 West Washington Boulevard
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🏙 Towns & cities
Santa Catalina Island
🇺🇸 United States
island in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Encino
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States
“The underwater scene was shot in Fields's swimming pool in Encino, California, using a lifecast latex model of Craig Kingsbury's head attached to a fake body, which was placed in the wrecked boat's hull.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Sun Valley
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA
“Between November 1973 and April 1974, the sharks were fabricated at Rolly Harper's Motion Picture & Equipment Rental in Sun Valley, California.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Menemsha
🇺🇸 United States
human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America
“It was the shooting background for the fictional "Amity Island" of Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Dangerous Reef
🇦🇺 Australia
reef in Australia
“Footage of real sharks was shot by Ron and Valerie Taylor in the waters off Dangerous Reef in South Australia, with a short actor in a miniature shark cage to create the illusion that the sharks were enormous.” Wikipedia
Places whose own article says it was shot there
3 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Martha's Vineyard United States
“In 1974, Steven Spielberg filmed the movie Jaws on Martha's Vineyard, most notably in Menemsha and Chilmark.” Wikipedia
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Dangerous Reef Australia
“In 1974, footage of live sharks used in the 1975 American film, Jaws was filmed at Dangerous Reef by Ron Taylor.” Wikipedia
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Edgartown United States
“Edgartown was used as the main shooting location for the town of Amity in Steven Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster Jaws.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Australia, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- The Godfather 1972
- The Avengers 2012
- The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
- Annie Hall 1977
- North by Northwest 1959
- Noah 2014
- American Gangster 2007
- Men in Black II 2002
- Now You See Me 2013
- Men in Black 3 2012
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Jaws have?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 8 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The Godfather (1972), The Avengers (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.