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Santa Catalina Island
island in Los Angeles County, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 33.3834, -118.4176
Santa Catalina Island is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Santa Catalina Island, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 6 more. 1 video game is also set here.
“Afterward, underwater scenes were shot at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios water tank in Culver City, with stuntmen Dick Warlock and Frank James Sparks as stand-ins for Dreyfuss in the scene where the shark attacks the cage, as well as near Santa Catalina Island, California.”
Movies filmed in Santa Catalina Island
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Santa Catalina Island 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.
- Jaws 1975
- Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
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Rosemary's Baby
1968
“Farrow recalled that the dream sequence in which her character is attending a dinner party on a yacht was filmed on a vessel near Santa Catalina Island.” Wikipedia
- Waterworld 1995
- Sadie Thompson 1928
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Sands of Iwo Jima
1949
“Scenes were filmed at the Marine Corps Base at Camp Pendleton, Leo Carrillo State Beach, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Republic Studios and Universal Studios.” 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.
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The Last of Us Part II
“The island is mentioned in the 2020 action-adventure game The Last of Us Part II, and the Catalina Casino building features as the backdrop of the loading screen after the game is completed.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
San Pedro
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood city of Los Angeles, California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
San Pedro Bay
🇺🇸 United States
bay near Los Angeles in California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Point Vicente Light
🇺🇸 United States
lighthouse in California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Point Fermin Park
🇺🇸 United States
park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
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Huntington Beach
🇺🇸 United States
seaside city in Orange County, California, United States
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Fort MacArthur
🇺🇸 United States
former military base in Los Angeles
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Santa Catalina Island?
8 productions are recorded as filmed in Santa Catalina Island, including Apollo 13 (1995), Chinatown (1974) and Jaws (1975). 6 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 Catalina Island?
Apollo 13 (1995), covered by 64 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Santa Catalina Island?
Santa Catalina Island is in the United States, at 33.3834, -118.4176.
What other filming locations are near Santa Catalina Island?
San Pedro, San Pedro Bay, Point Vicente Light, Point Fermin Park 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 Brian MacIntosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.