Where was Superman (1978) filmed?
1978 film by Richard Donner
Superman (1978) was filmed in New York City, San Francisco and Pinewood Studios — 3 recorded filming locations in the United States, the United Kingdom. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
San Francisco
🇺🇸 United States
consolidated city and county in California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
New York City
🇺🇸 United States
most populous city in the United States
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🎬 Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 9 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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🎬 Studios & sets
Shepperton Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
film studio, special effects studios and pre- and post-production centre
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🛣 Streets & squares
Grand Central Terminal
🇺🇸 United States
railway terminal in New York City
“Brief filming also took place in Gallup, New Mexico; Lake Mead; and Grand Central Terminal.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
007 Stage
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
sound stage located at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
“The Fortress of Solitude was constructed at Shepperton Studios and at Pinewood's 007 Stage.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Brooklyn Heights
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, USA
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🏙 Towns & cities
Gallup
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Beynon
🇨🇦 Canada
community in Alberta, Canada
“Production moved to Alberta for scenes set in Smallville, with the cemetery scene filmed in the canyon of Beynon, Alberta, the high school football scenes at Barons, Alberta, and the Kent farm constructed at Blackie, Alberta.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Barons
🇨🇦 Canada
village in Alberta, Canada
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🏙 Towns & cities
Blackie
🇨🇦 Canada
hamlet in Alberta, Canada
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Mead
🇺🇸 United States
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
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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RAF Bovingdon United Kingdom
“In 1977, parts of the Golden Gate Bridge sequence from Superman were filmed on one of the runways.” Wikipedia
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Gallup United States
“Other movies shot here are Redskin (1928), and Superman (1978).” Wikipedia
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Barons Canada
“Barons was a filming location for a scene in the 1978 film Superman; the village's school was used to represent the school that young Clark Kent (the future Superman) attended.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Alberta, New Mexico, 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
- Titanic 1997
- The Matrix 1999
- Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
- Ant-Man 2015
- All About Eve 1950
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
- Vertigo 1958
- Venom 2018
- Basic Instinct 1992
- Milk 2008
- Star Trek 2009
- The Birds 1963
Set in the same places
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Watch Dogs 2
- SimCity
- Crazy Taxi
- Driver: San Francisco
- Asphalt Legends
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 2000
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
- Dead Island 2
- Avengers
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
- Vanquish
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Superman have?
3 places recorded on Wikidata, and 9 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 2 countries.
In which countries was Superman filmed?
the United States and the United Kingdom.
Was Superman filmed at a studio?
Yes. Pinewood Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Titanic (1997), The Matrix (1999), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Ant-Man (2015) 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.