🎬 Studios & sets
20th Century Studios
American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company
🇺🇸 United States · 34.0516, -118.4100
20th Century Studios is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 48 more.
“Felix Cedeno, a 31-year-old American, sued 20th Century Fox for $2.25 million, after he was filmed as part of a scene where a live chicken fell out of Borat's suitcase on the subway.”
TV series filmed at 20th Century Studios
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names 20th Century Studios as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Iron Man 2008
- Deadpool 2016
- Borat 2006
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017
- Live Free or Die Hard 2007
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The Birds
1963
“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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The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
“The Golden Gun ranked sixth in a 2008 20th Century Fox poll of the most popular film weapons, which surveyed approximately 2,000 film fans.” Wikipedia
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The Beach
2000
“Defendants in the case included 20th Century Fox and some Thai government officials.” Wikipedia
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013
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Bones
2005–
“The interiors of the Jeffersonian Institute were specially built on a large sound stage at the 20th Century Fox lot in Century City, Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
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Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
“At the end of December, Bona Film Group signed a deal with TSG Entertainment to invest in a slate of films, including the Deadpool franchise; TSG Entertainment and 20th Century Studios both receive "in association with" credits on the film.” Wikipedia
- Wall Street 1987
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The Longest Day
1962
“The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century-Fox and was directed by Ken Annakin (British and French exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), and Bernhard Wicki (German scenes).” Wikipedia
- Alien Resurrection 1997
- Home Alone 3 1997
- MASH 1970
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
“Egerton's involvement was contingent on 20th Century Fox reaching an agreement with Lionsgate to resolve his shooting conflicts with Robin Hood (2018).” Wikipedia
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The Lady Vanishes
1938
“In the case of The Lady Vanishes, however, Twentieth Century-Fox handled the American release.” Wikipedia
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Romeo + Juliet
1996
“Luhrmann obtained some funds from Fox to do a workshop and shoot some teaser footage in Sydney.” Wikipedia
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Napoleon
2023
“On October 14, 2020, the same day his film The Last Duel (2021) wrapped filming, Ridley Scott announced Napoleon, at that point provisionally called Kitbag, as his next project for 20th Century Studios, based on Napoleon's life.” Wikipedia
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The Seven Year Itch
1955
“The Seven Year Itch was filmed between September and November 1954 and is Wilder's only film released by 20th Century-Fox.” Wikipedia
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
“According to the two-disc DVD documentary, the scenes in San Francisco at the beginning were filmed at Universal Studios while most of the modeling shots were done at 20th Century Fox.” Wikipedia
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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
“Produced and distributed by 20th Century-Fox, How to Marry a Millionaire was the studio's first film to be shot in the new CinemaScope widescreen sound process, although it was the second CinemaScope film released by Fox after the biblical epic film The Robe (also 1953).” Wikipedia
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Rocketman
2019
“The producers then filmed a sequence of Egerton as John performing two of John's songs, and presented it to Jim Gianopulos, who had worked with Vaughn on the Kingsman franchise at 20th Century Fox and was now the CEO of Paramount Pictures.” Wikipedia
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An Affair to Remember
1957
“Filmed in CinemaScope, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox.” Wikipedia
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Niagara
1953
“Unlike other films noir of the time, which were typically black-and-white, Niagara was shot in "three-strip" Technicolor (one of the last films to be made at 20th Century Fox in that format, as a few months later the studio began converting to CinemaScope, which had compatibility problems with three-strip but not with Eastmancolor).” Wikipedia
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990
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Big Trouble in Little China
1986
“Although the early exterior establishing scenes were filmed on location in Chinatown, most of the film was shot on sets built in the Fox lot in Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
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Hello, Dolly!
1969
“The New York City scenes were filmed on the 20th Century Fox lot in California.” Wikipedia
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2010: The Year We Make Contact
1984
“Video Image (also known as VIFX), which would go on to work on a number of major pictures and briefly become 20th Century Fox's in-house visual effects studio, did its first work on this film, designing the video screen graphics.” Wikipedia
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The Sand Pebbles
1966
“In June, production traveled to Hollywood to finish its interior scenes at Fox Studios.” Wikipedia
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Meet Dave
2008
“During filming, Meet Dave was transferred from Paramount Pictures (which released many of Murphy's early films) to 20th Century Fox (which released both Dr. Dolittle and its sequel).” Wikipedia
- Let's Be Cops 2014
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The Three Musketeers
1973
“Lester says the producers assembled 20 minutes of footage and sold the film to 20th Century Fox.” Wikipedia
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River of No Return
1954
“The picture was shot on location in the Canadian Rockies in Technicolor and CinemaScope and released by 20th Century Fox.” Wikipedia
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Flight of the Phoenix
2004
“Flight of the Phoenix was filmed on location in the Namib Desert, and was released in the United States on December 17, 2004, by 20th Century Fox.” Wikipedia
- French Kiss 1995
- The Exorcist III 1990
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Nell
1994
“Nell received a limited release on December 16, 1994, before expanding into wide release on December 23 by 20th Century Fox in the United States, with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment releasing in other territories.” Wikipedia
- The X-Files 1998
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Carmen Jones
1954
“Carmen Jones was a CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color motion picture that had begun shooting within the first 12 months of Twentieth Century Fox's venture in 1953 to the widescreen format as its main production mode.” Wikipedia
- Enemy Mine 1985
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Touch
2012–
“Season two was filmed at Fox Studios in Century City, Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
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The Love Boat
1977–
“The series was primarily filmed on sets in southern California: 20th Century Fox Studios for seasons one through five, and the Warner Hollywood Studios for the remainder of the series, and occasionally filmed aboard the actual vessels.” Wikipedia
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Revenge of the Nerds
1984
“Inspired by a magazine article about computer programmers in Silicon Valley, the film was produced by 20th Century Fox and shot primarily at the University of Arizona and Old Tucson Studios.” Wikipedia
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The Rocker
2008
“Over 1200 bands entered original songs at therockeruk for a chance to win a photo shoot and interview with Kerrang! magazine, a trip to the MySpace Black Curtain Screening in London, Gibson musical equipment and an assortment of 20th Century Fox merchandise.” Wikipedia
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Tooth Fairy
2010
“Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, it was co-produced by Walden Media and distributed and theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on January 22, 2010.” Wikipedia
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Fresh Off the Boat
2015–
“While it is set in Orlando, Florida, Fresh Off the Boat was mainly filmed in Stage 14, located at 20th Century Fox in Century City in Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
Named here by 20th Century Studios’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at 20th Century Studios, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“Although the format had since declined, director George Lucas specifically requested that the CinemaScope version of the fanfare be used for the opening titles of Star Wars (1977).” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Long Beach
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Santa Monica
🇺🇸 United States
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Ambassador Hotel
🇺🇸 United States
defunct hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of Southern California
🇺🇸 United States
private university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Bovard Administration Building
🇺🇸 United States
building on the campus of the University of Southern California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at 20th Century Studios?
49 productions are recorded as filmed at 20th Century Studios, including Me and My Monsters (2010–2011), Iron Man (2008) and Deadpool (2016). 48 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at 20th Century Studios?
Me and My Monsters (2010–2011), covered by 11 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is 20th Century Studios?
20th Century Studios is in the United States, at 34.0516, -118.4100.
What other filming locations are near 20th Century Studios?
Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0.