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Venice

beachfront neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA

🇺🇸 United States · 33.9908, -118.4592

Venice is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 9 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.

“The exterior Rydell scenes, including the front parking lot scenes, the auto shop, the "Summer Nights" bleachers number, Rizzo's "There Are Worse Things I Can Do" number, the basketball, baseball, and track segments, and the interior of the gymnastics gym, were shot at Venice High School in Venice, California, during the summer of 1977.”
Grease (1978) · Wikipedia

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Venice
Photo: Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Venice 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.

  • Grease 1978
  • MacGyver 1985–1992
    “In seasons 1 and 2, MacGyver was portrayed living in a waterfront apartment in Venice Beach.” Wikipedia
  • Touch of Evil 1958
    “The film was shot in Venice, California from February 18, 1957, to April 2, 1957.” Wikipedia
  • Point Break 1991
    “Parts of the film were shot at Lake Powell in Utah, Wheeler and Ecola State Park in Cannon Beach, Oregon, and Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica, Venice, and Fox Hills Mall in California.” Wikipedia
  • The Bling Ring 2013
    “Production primarily took place in and around Los Angeles, California, in March and April 2012, notably in West Hollywood, Lynwood, and Venice.” Wikipedia
  • Thirteen 2003
  • The Fantastic Four 1994
    “The movie was shot on the Concorde Pictures sound stage in Venice, California, as well as in Agoura, California for a spacecraft-crash scene, the Loyola Marymount University campus for a lab-explosion scene, and the former Pacific Stock Exchange building in downtown Los Angeles for team-meeting scenes.” Wikipedia
  • Survivor 2000
    “According to Probst, they had also filmed a similar sequence for the 29th season Survivor: San Juan del Sur: he had paddled out on a canoe from the location in Nicaragua, and then paddling into Venice, California from a nearby island.” Wikipedia
  • Jeans 1998
    “The song "Columbus" was picturised at Mahabalipuram with a set to make it look like Venice Beach with some foreign dancers.” Wikipedia

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Venice?

9 productions are recorded as filmed in Venice, including Grease (1978), MacGyver (1985–1992) and Touch of Evil (1958). 9 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Venice?

Grease (1978), covered by 47 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Venice?

Venice is in United States, at 33.9908, -118.4592.

What other filming locations are near Venice?

Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel 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, Public domain.