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Pittsburgh

city and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

United States · 40.4417, -80.0000

Official site

Pittsburgh is recorded as a filming location for 70 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Pittsburgh, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 57 more. 2 video games are also set here.

51 places inside Pittsburgh have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Pittsburgh as well.

“Filming primarily took place in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.”
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · Wikipedia

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Pittsburgh
Photo: Russell Sekeet · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in Pittsburgh

The 58 most widely covered are above. The other 12 filmed in Pittsburgh:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Pittsburgh 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.

And 5 more, per Wikipedia:

  • The Piano Lesson 1995
  • Fruits of Desire 1916
  • Rappin' 1985
  • The Bride in Black 1990
  • Midnight 1982

Filming locations inside Pittsburgh

51 places inside Pittsburgh, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Pittsburgh too.

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Pittsburgh, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Drawn from this place

Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Pittsburgh as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Pittsburgh?

132 productions are recorded as filmed in Pittsburgh, including The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Avengers (2012) and Independence Day (1996). 62 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Pittsburgh?

The Silence of the Lambs (1991), covered by 102 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.4417, -80.0000.

What other filming locations are near Pittsburgh?

Downtown Pittsburgh (under 1 km), Trinity Cathedral (under 1 km), Duquesne Club (under 1 km), Mellon Square (under 1 km) 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 Russell Sekeet, CC BY 2.0.