Towns & cities
Durham
county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, United States
United States · 35.9942, -78.8986
Durham is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 11 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on. Published sources name it for more, each listed below with its publisher.
1 production was filmed at 3 places inside Durham rather than at Durham itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Durham as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Durham
1 production shot at 3 places inside Durham, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Durham itself.
- I Know What You Did Last Summer Duke University per Wikipedia 1997
Named here by Durham’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Durham, 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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Bull Durham 1988
“Movies including Bull Durham (1988) and The Handmaid's Tale (1989) have been shot in Durham.” Wikipedia
From published sources
Productions a newspaper, a film office, a broadcaster, a national film archive, a city filming permit or the production itself says were filmed at Durham, where no wiki records it. Each one below says where it comes from, with its source linked beside it.
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The Code
2001
2 film archive records: Durham: Red Hat -yhtiö 2600 Meridian Parkway“Robert Youngin haastattelu” Elonet, National Audiovisual Institute
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Duke University
United States·4 km west
private university in Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Landmarks & buildings
Duke Chapel
United States·4 km west
church building in North Carolina, United States of America
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Landmarks & buildings
Duke Lemur Center
United States·6 km west
sanctuary for prosimian primates
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Landmarks & buildings
Research Triangle Park
United States·10 km south
research park in North Carolina, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Falls Lake
United States·17 km east
reservoir located in Durham, Wake, and Granville counties in North Carolina
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Landmarks & buildings
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States·17 km south-west
public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Durham?
12 productions are recorded as filmed in Durham, 1 of them at places inside it, including Zoboomafoo (1999–), Dawson's Creek (1998–) and Kiss the Girls (1998). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Durham?
Zoboomafoo (1999–), covered by 43 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Durham?
Durham is in the United States. Its coordinates are 35.9942, -78.8986.
What other filming locations are near Durham?
Duke University (4 km west), Duke Chapel (4 km west), Duke Lemur Center (6 km west), Research Triangle Park (10 km south) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
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 Discover Durham, CC BY 4.0.