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San Fernando Valley

urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 34.1558, -118.2878

San Fernando Valley is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 23 more. 1 video game is also set here.

“The remaining seasons were filmed at Chandler Valley Center Studios in the San Fernando Valley.”

The Office (2005–) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed at San Fernando Valley

Innerspace 1987

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names San Fernando Valley 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.

The Office 2005–
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003
“The scene was filmed at the Cowboy Palace bar in the San Fernando Valley.” Wikipedia
Twin Peaks 1990–1991
“Most of the interior scenes were shot on standing sets in a San Fernando Valley warehouse.” Wikipedia
Fast & Furious 2009
“Around 240 cars were built in Southern California's San Fernando Valley for the film.” Wikipedia
The Birth of a Nation 1915
“Much of the filming was done on the Griffith Ranch in San Fernando Valley, with the Petersburg scenes being shot at what is today Forest Lawn Memorial Park and other scenes being shot in Whittier and Ojai Valley.” Wikipedia
Scream 3 2000
The 40-Year-Old Virgin 2005
“The movie was shot in parts of California, including Studio City, Los Angeles, and San Fernando Valley's Ventura Boulevard.” Wikipedia
The Night of the Hunter 1955
“Besides, Laughton wanted to create the film's unique look on Hollywood sound stages and found what he was looking for at Pathé, Republic Studios, and the Rowland V. Lee ranch in the San Fernando Valley.” Wikipedia
Wild at Heart 1990
“I got the sexual, wild, Marilyn, gum-chewing fantasy, female side; Nick's got the snakeskin, Elvis, raw, combustible, masculine side." Within four months, Lynch began filming on August 9, 1989, in both Los Angeles (including the San Fernando Valley) and New Orleans, with a relatively modest budget of $10 million.” Wikipedia
Inherent Vice 2014
“Shooting permits in California covered a San Fernando Valley warehouse, a storefront on Slauson Boulevard, driving shots in the Canoga Park area, driving shots in canyon roads above Malibu and a warehouse in Chinatown.” Wikipedia
The White Lotus 2021–
“White did not like commuting to a San Fernando Valley studio to shoot Enlightened and wanted to take his next HBO project to exotic locations.” Wikipedia
My Name Is Earl 2005–
“Many of the locations were filmed in San Fernando Valley in California.” Wikipedia
The Children's Hour 1961
“The film's location shooting was done at the historic Shadow Ranch, in present-day West Hills of the western San Fernando Valley.” Wikipedia
Insidious: Chapter 3 2015
“Several scenes were shot in the San Fernando Valley at the Delfino Studios in Sylmar, where the Brenner apartment's interiors were built.” Wikipedia
The Muppet Movie 1979
“Filming locations included Albuquerque, New Mexico as well as various parts of Los Angeles and Northern California, including the San Fernando Valley.” Wikipedia
Thirteen 2003
“The Freeland home scenes were shot at a rented house in the San Fernando Valley.” Wikipedia
Smokey and the Bandit 1977
“The new Hot Pants scene had to quickly be refilmed as a part of a second unit in the San Fernando Valley and was shot at a drive-in restaurant near Hansen Dam named Baby Beef Burgers, which has since been demolished.” Wikipedia
Booksmart 2019
Love Me Tender 1956
“Filming of the movie's climactic sequence, including the death scene for Presley's character, took place at the Bell Moving Picture Ranch in the Santa Susana Mountains west of the San Fernando Valley on the outskirts of Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
We Are Your Friends 2015
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 2014
“The film was entirely shot in the Los Angeles area, including the cities of Pasadena and Arcadia, the San Fernando Valley, and Melody Ranch in Newhall.” Wikipedia
GLOW 2017–
“The series filmed in several locations in Los Angeles; mainly in the San Fernando Valley.” Wikipedia

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. The rows marked per its source work are placed by the book they adapt rather than by a statement of their own.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial per its source work 1982

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at San Fernando Valley?

24 productions are recorded as filmed at San Fernando Valley, including Innerspace (1987), The Office (2005–) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). 23 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at San Fernando Valley?

Innerspace (1987), covered by 30 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is San Fernando Valley?

San Fernando Valley is in the United States, at 34.1558, -118.2878.

What other filming locations are near San Fernando Valley?

Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel, University of Southern California 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 Oakshade, CC BY-SA 3.0.