🏙 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 12 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.”
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.
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope 1977
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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
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
“Additional filming also occurred at two magnet schools in the Van Nuys and Reseda neighborhoods of Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2019
“The exterior of the Van Nuys drive-in theater scene was filmed at the Paramount Drive-in theater, since the Van Nuys Drive-in theater no longer exists.” Wikipedia
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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
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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
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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
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White Heat
1949
“Urban street scenes along with the "Milbank Hotel" were shot in and around Van Nuys.” Wikipedia
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Jericho
2006–
“Although Jericho is set in northwestern Kansas, most of the series was filmed on a studio backlot in Van Nuys, California.” Wikipedia
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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
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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
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.
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The Terminator 1984
“Various parts of the 1984 film The Terminator were filmed in Van Nuys.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Los Angeles
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seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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Santa Monica
🇺🇸 United States
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Ambassador Hotel
🇺🇸 United States
defunct hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of Southern California
🇺🇸 United States
private university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Bovard Administration Building
🇺🇸 United States
building on the campus of the University of Southern California
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🎬 Studios & sets
Paramount Pictures Studios
🇺🇸 United States
film studio
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Van Nuys?
12 productions are recorded as filmed in Van Nuys, including Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). 12 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?
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), covered by 96 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Van Nuys?
Van Nuys is in the United States, at 34.1833, -118.4333.
What other filming locations are near Van Nuys?
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 Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.