Where was The Founder filmed?
2016 US film by John Lee Hancock
The Founder (2017) was filmed in Atlanta — 1 recorded filming location in the United States. It is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 11 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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🏙 Towns & cities
Downtown
🇺🇸 United States
central business district in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
“The J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building in downtown Atlanta, which houses a Bank of America branch, served as the Illinois First Federal Savings & Loan Association building.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Douglasville
🇺🇸 United States
city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States
“After a month of searching for a suitable location, an old-style McDonald's building set with the "golden arches" was constructed in a church parking lot in seven working days in Douglasville, Georgia.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Downey
🇺🇸 United States
city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States
“Corenblith worked from archival photos, training films, materials provided by the McDonald family, blueprints obtained from eBay, and research at the oldest McDonald's restaurant in Downey, California.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Newnan
🇺🇸 United States
city in Coweta County, Georgia, United States of America
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Canton
🇺🇸 United States
county seat in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
“Filming also took place on location at the Canton Theatre in Historic Downtown Canton, Georgia.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Oldest McDonald's restaurant
🇺🇸 United States
United States historic places
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🏙 Towns & cities
Coweta County
🇺🇸 United States
county in Georgia, United States
“The McDonald brothers' original octagonal San Bernardino restaurant was built in Newnan in the parking lot of the Coweta County administration building.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Canton Theatre
🇺🇸 United States
theater former movie theater in Canton, Georgia, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
🇺🇸 United States
university, Commercial offices in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
East Lake Golf Club
🇺🇸 United States
American private golf club
“Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club served as Rolling Green Country Club in the film.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Rolling Green Country Club
🇺🇸 United States
country club in Arlington Heights, Illinois
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Georgia, 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
- Stranger Things 2016–2025
- Catch Me If You Can 2002
- Black Panther 2018
- Captain America: Civil War 2016
- Ant-Man 2015
- Borat 2006
- Venom 2018
- Fast Five 2011
- Furious 7 2015
- Black Widow 2021
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013
- The Suicide Squad 2021
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Founder have?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Stranger Things (2016–2025), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Black Panther (2018), Captain America: Civil War (2016) 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.