Where was The Birds filmed?
1963 film by Alfred Hitchcock
The Birds (1963) was filmed in San Francisco and Bodega — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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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
Bodega
🇺🇸 United States
unincorporated community and census-designated place in California
“In 1963, some locations in Bodega was used for exterior filming in Alfred Hitchcock's film, The Birds. These locations were presented as being in the nearby shore village of Bodega Bay, where the film was set and most location shooting was done.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's Filming and special effects section
Wikipedia’s Filming and special effects section names 3 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
20th Century Studios
🇺🇸 United States
American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company
“Bill Abbott, at Fox, was in charge of the optical effects for the crow attack sequence, which would take six weeks to finish.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
Walt Disney Studios
🇺🇸 United States
film studio in Burbank, California, United States
“The special effects shots of the attacking birds were completed at Walt Disney Studios by animator/technician Ub Iwerks, who used the sodium vapor process ("yellow screen"), which he had helped to develop.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Bodega Bay
🇺🇸 United States
inlet in California
“Many exterior scenes were filmed on location at Bodega Bay, California.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in California, 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
- Pretty Woman 1990
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 The Birds have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
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.