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Santa Barbara County

county in southern California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 34.5400, -120.0300

Santa Barbara County is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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.

13 productions were filmed at 11 places inside Santa Barbara County rather than at Santa Barbara County itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“During filming in 2004, Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney Ronald J. Zonen provided copies of many documents on the case and served as an unpaid consultant to the film, citing his desire to have Hollywood captured.”
Alpha Dog (2006) · Wikipedia

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Santa Barbara County
Photo: John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Santa Barbara 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.

  • Alpha Dog 2006
  • The Ten Commandments 1923
    “The Exodus scenes were filmed at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes in northern Santa Barbara County.” Wikipedia
  • The Sheik 1921
    “Emily W. Leider, author of Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino, argues that the desert exterior scenes were filmed in Oxnard, California, and the Guadalupe Dunes of Santa Barbara County.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Santa Barbara County

13 productions shot at 11 places inside Santa Barbara County, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Santa Barbara County itself.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Santa Barbara County?

16 productions are recorded as filmed in Santa Barbara County, 13 of them at places inside it, including Alpha Dog (2006), The Ten Commandments (1923) and The Sheik (1921). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Santa Barbara County?

Alpha Dog (2006), covered by 37 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Santa Barbara County?

Santa Barbara County is in the United States, at 34.5400, -120.0300.

What other filming locations are near Santa Barbara County?

Santa Barbara, El Fureidis, Santa Barbara Channel, La Purisima Mission 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 John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California, CC BY 3.0.