Towns & cities

Van Nuys

neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, United States

United States · 34.1833, -118.4333

Van Nuys is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 38 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.

“ILM began its work on Star Wars in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California.”

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Van Nuys 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.

Casablanca 1942
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope 1977
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
“The T-1000's arrival in 1995 was filmed at the Sixth Street Viaduct, and John's hacking of an ATM was filmed at a bank in Van Nuys.” Wikipedia
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017
“Additional filming also occurred at two magnet schools in the Van Nuys and Reseda neighborhoods of Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
Iron Man 2 2010
Star Trek 2009
“A Budweiser plant in Van Nuys was used for Enterprises engine room, while a Long Beach power plant was used for Kelvins engine room.” Wikipedia
Beverly Hills, 90210 1990–2000
“The series was produced in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California.” Wikipedia
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997
The Rundown 2003
Parks and Recreation 2009–2015
“The construction pit featured throughout the first and second seasons was dug by the episode's producers at an undeveloped property in Van Nuys, a district of Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
My Name Is Earl 2005–
“Exterior shots of the Crab Shack and Club Chubby were also taken from locations in Van Nuys and North Hills.” Wikipedia
White Heat 1949
“Urban street scenes along with the "Milbank Hotel" were shot in and around Van Nuys.” Wikipedia
The Fog 1980
Jericho 2006–
“Although Jericho is set in northwestern Kansas, most of the series was filmed on a studio backlot in Van Nuys, California.” Wikipedia
Silent Running 1972
“The forest environments were originally intended to be filmed in the Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee, but the production budget forced the sequences to be shot in a newly completed aircraft hangar in Van Nuys, California.” Wikipedia
Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982
Licorice Pizza 2021
“Tail o' the Cock, a local restaurant that was demolished in 1987, was recreated for the film at the Van Nuys Golf Course.” Wikipedia
Rising Sun 1993
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965
“The film began shooting at the Pussycat Club, a strip club in Van Nuys, before moving on to the California desert later that night.” Wikipedia
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1993–1995
Every Which Way but Loose 1978
Alien Nation 1988
“A Van Nuys bus stop set stood in as the taco burrito stand for the amusing scene between Francisco and Sykes relating to raw fast food.” Wikipedia
My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988
“Other scenes were filmed at 4222 Agnes Avenue in Studio City, Los Angeles, depicting the Steven Mills residence, at the Beach House on the north end of The Strand in Hermosa Beach, at Baxter (GTE corporate headquarters at the time) in Westlake Village, at Van Nuys High School in Van Nuys, and at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim.” Wikipedia
Encino Man 1992
“Filming locations across northern Los Angeles included Los Angeles Mission College in Sylmar and Six Flags Magic Mountain, while the family home was filmed at 7532 Sedgwick Court, West Hills and the minimart scene was shot at 6586 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys.” Wikipedia
Hardcore 1979
The Jane Austen Book Club 2007
“Filming locations included Encino, Lakewood, Long Beach, Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Northridge, Santa Clarita, Santa Monica, Van Nuys, and Westlake Village.” Wikipedia
Jem and the Holograms 2015
Test Pilot 1938
The Dawn Patrol 1930
The Ice Pirates 1984
“The idea was that these space pirates didn't have good equipment, and had to make do with whatever they could find." Parts of the film were shot at a disused power plant in Playa del Rey and at a Budweiser factory in Van Nuys.” Wikipedia
Bio-Dome 1996
Starlet 2012
The Beast of Yucca Flats 1961
“Actual shooting locations for the film were all in California: Santa Clarita (desert scenes), Saugus (airplane scenes), and Van Nuys (opening scene interior).” Wikipedia
Chain Lightning 1950
With Six You Get Eggroll 1968
Project Mc² 2015–
“The series is filmed primarily in and around the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, including Chatsworth, Woodland Hills, Van Nuys, and Northridge, as well as in Alhambra.” Wikipedia
L.A. Heat 1997–

Named here by Van Nuys’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Van Nuys, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

The Terminator 1984

“Various parts of the 1984 film The Terminator were filmed in Van Nuys.” Wikipedia

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Van Nuys?

38 productions are recorded as filmed in Van Nuys, including Casablanca (1942), Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). 38 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Van Nuys?

Casablanca (1942), covered by 107 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Van Nuys?

Van Nuys is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.1833, -118.4333.

What other filming locations are near Van Nuys?

Valley Glen (2 km east), Grant High School (2 km south-east), Van Nuys High School (2 km west), Notre Dame High School (3 km south) 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 Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.