Where was Transformers filmed?
2007 film directed by Michael Bay
Transformers (2007) was filmed in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Diego and Long Beach — 4 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the Transformers film series
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
-
🏙 Towns & cities
Long Beach
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
-
🏙 Towns & cities
Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
-
🏙 Towns & cities
Washington, D.C.
🇺🇸 United States
capital city of the United States of America
-
🏙 Towns & cities
San Diego
🇺🇸 United States
seat of San Diego County, California, United States; second-largest city in California
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.
-
🏙 Towns & cities
Playa Vista
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States
“Production in California was based at Hughes Aircraft at Playa Vista, where the hangar in which Megatron is imprisoned was built.” Wikipedia
-
🏞 Landscapes & nature
Universal Studios Hollywood
🇺🇸 United States
amusement park in Los Angeles, California, United States
“Six weekends were spent in Los Angeles, California shooting the climactic battle, with some elements being shot on the Universal Studios backlot and at Detroit's Michigan Central Station.” Wikipedia
-
🏙 Towns & cities
White Sands Missile Range
🇺🇸 United States
military testing area in New Mexico, United States
“To film the Scorponok sequence at White Sands Missile Range, a sweep was performed to remove unexploded ordnance before building of a village set could begin; ironically, the village would be blown up.” Wikipedia
-
🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Griffith Observatory
🇺🇸 United States
observatory in Los Angeles, California, USA
-
🏞 Landscapes & nature
Hoover Dam
🇺🇸 United States
hydroelectric dam on the Colorado River, United States
“The company also shot at Hoover Dam and at The Pentagon, the first time since the September 11 attacks that film crews had been allowed at these locations.” Wikipedia
-
🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Holloman Air Force Base
🇺🇸 United States
US Air Force base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States
“A pre-shoot took place on April 19, 2006, and principal photography began three days later at Holloman Air Force Base, which stood in for Qatar.” Wikipedia
-
🏛 Landmarks & buildings
The Pentagon
🇺🇸 United States
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense; named after the shape of the building, a polygon with five (greek: penta) sides
-
🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Michigan Central Station
🇺🇸 United States
historic former railroad station in Detroit, Michigan
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.
-
Michigan Central Station United States
“MCS was used for scenes in the movie Transformers (also directed by Bay) in October 2006.” Wikipedia
-
Dodger Stadium United States
“In a scene from the 2007 film Transformers, an empty Dodger Stadium is depicted being hit by the Autobot Jazz's protoform, which crashes through the upper deck and lands in the outfield.” Wikipedia
-
Alamogordo United States
“The 2007 film Transformers was shot primarily at White Sands Missile Range, with additional filming at Holloman Air Force Base, both in the Alamogordo area.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in 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
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003
- Iron Man 2008
- American Beauty 1999
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011
- La La Land 2016
- The Fast and the Furious 2001
- The Aviator 2004
- Donnie Darko 2001
- Angels & Demons 2009
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011
- Modern Times 1936
Set in the same places
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- L.A. Noire
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Battlefield Hardline
- 24: The Game
- Duke Nukem
- Mario Kart Tour
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction per its source work 2022
- Track & Field
- Wasteland 2
- Great Pretender
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Transformers have?
4 places 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?
Titanic (1997), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Iron Man (2008), American Beauty (1999) 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.