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Essex County

county in New Jersey, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 40.7900, -74.2500

Essex County is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — 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.

34 productions were filmed at 21 places inside Essex County rather than at Essex County itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Filming also took place in Newark and other parts of Essex County, New Jersey.”
West Side Story (2021) · Wikipedia

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Essex County
Photo: Jared Kofsky/Placenj.com · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Essex County 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 Essex County

34 productions shot at 21 places inside Essex County, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Essex County itself.

9 more places are inside Essex County — see them on the map.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Essex County?

35 productions are recorded as filmed in Essex County, 34 of them at places inside it, including West Side Story (2021). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Essex County?

West Side Story (2021), covered by 42 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Essex County?

Essex County is in the United States, at 40.7900, -74.2500.

What other filming locations are near Essex County?

New York City, Manhattan, Staten Island, East Harlem 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 Jared Kofsky/Placenj.com, CC BY-SA 3.0.