🏙 Towns & cities
Northridge
neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 34.2283, -118.5358
Northridge is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Northridge, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
6 productions were filmed at 2 places inside Northridge rather than at Northridge itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“The shoot began with two days at Culver City High School, and the crew spent the next 11 days moving between locations at Northridge and Tujunga.”
Movies filmed in Northridge
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Northridge 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.
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
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Spellbound
1945
“The film's picnic sequence between Peck and Bergmans' characters was filmed at the Cooper Ranch in Northridge, Los Angeles, while other sequences—such as the train depot scene—were filmed on the Universal Studios lot.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Northridge
6 productions shot at 2 places inside Northridge, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Northridge itself.
- Star Trek California State University, Northridge per Wikipedia 2009
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer California State University, Northridge per Wikipedia 1997–2003
- Star Trek: Voyager Oviatt Library 1995–2001
- Superbad California State University, Northridge per Wikipedia 2007
- The Orville Oviatt Library 2017–
- Sky High Oviatt Library per Wikipedia 2005
Filming locations nearby
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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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🎬 Studios & sets
Universal Pictures
🇺🇸 United States
American film and distribution company
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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 in Northridge?
9 productions are recorded as filmed in Northridge, 6 of them at places inside it, including Innerspace (1987), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Spellbound (1945). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Northridge?
Innerspace (1987), covered by 30 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Northridge?
Northridge is in the United States, at 34.2283, -118.5358.
What other filming locations are near Northridge?
Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Universal Pictures, 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 Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.