Where was Dead Poets Society filmed?
1989 film directed by Peter Weir
Dead Poets Society (1989) was filmed in Atlanta, Wilmington, New Castle and Middletown, 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, in United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Delaware. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 4 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Atlanta
🇺🇸 United States
capital city of the U.S. state of Georgia and seat of Fulton County, also located in DeKalb County
“Robin Williams, who was Touchstone Pictures's preferred choice, was ultimately cast, but on the first day of shooting outside Atlanta, Williams did not show, as he did not want to work with Kanew.” Wikipedia
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Wilmington
🇺🇸 United States
seat of New Castle County, and largest city in Delaware, United States
“After filmmakers scouted more than 70 universities and private schools, they decided that Dead Poets Society would take place at St. Andrew's School and the Everett Theatre in Middletown, Delaware, as well as at locations in New Castle, Delaware, and in nearby Wilmington, Delaware.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Middletown
🇺🇸 United States
town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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New Castle
🇺🇸 United States
city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Places whose own article says it was shot there
3 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Middletown United States
“The 1989 coming-of-age drama film Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke was filmed almost entirely on the school grounds at St. Andrew's School.” Wikipedia
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New Castle United States
“New Castle has served as the filming location for numerous films and television series, including Dead Poets Society, Beloved, and River Ridge.” Wikipedia
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St. Andrew's School United States
“The 1989 coming-of-age drama film Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, and Ethan Hawke was filmed almost entirely on the school grounds.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Delaware, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
Also shot in these places
- Stranger Things 2016–2025
- Catch Me If You Can 2002
- Black Panther 2018
- Captain America: Civil War 2016
- Ant-Man 2015
- Borat 2006
- Venom 2018
- Fast Five 2011
- Furious 7 2015
- Black Widow 2021
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013
- The Suicide Squad 2021
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Dead Poets Society have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Stranger Things (2016–2025), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Black Panther (2018), Captain America: Civil War (2016) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.