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The locations where movies are made have evolved along with the technology used to make them. The first stages were simply raised platforms. These were then enclosed with glass roofs to allow sunlight to provide the illumination. When electric light sources improved efficiency (and became more available as power networks were set up), the stages became dark, to allow total control of lighting. When sound recording arrived, the stages added layers of soundproofing, and became soundstages. Studio properties with large outdoor ‘backlot’ areas were favoured – a large proportion of most movies was still shot outdoors. As technology improved, shooting took place on location more and more. As time went on, specialised movie studios were less and less necessary for actual shooting, so they concentrated on becoming one-stop-shops for the whole production process, from initial concepts and writing through to post-production sound recording and effects. Eventually, almost anywhere could be used as a movie studio, and production in the large custom-built studios reduced. This site aims to gather information about studios throughout movie-making history. We’re always grateful for your input, so please contact us with any additional information.

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• Big Sky Movie Ranch [California, USA]
• Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park [California, USA]
• Old Tucson Studios [Arizona, USA]
• Paramount Ranch [California, USA]
• Paramount Studios [California, USA]
• Sony Pictures Studios [California, USA]
• Universal Studios Hollywood [California, USA]
• Universal Studios Orlando [Florida, USA]
• Warner Bros Studios [California, USA]

UK & Ireland

• Leavesden Studios [England, UK]
• Linen Mills Studios [Banbridge, Northern Ireland]

Europe / Africa / India / China / Hong Kong

• Atlas Corporation Studios, Morocco [Ouarzazate, Morocco]
• Bavaria Filmstudios [Munich, Germany]
• Cinecitta Studios [Rome, Italy]
• MMC Studios, Cologne [Germany]
• Ramoji Film City [Hyderabad, India]

Australasia

• Warner Bros Movieworld [Australia]

There is no public access or tours at these studios.

• ABC Studios, Manhattan [New York City, USA]
• Albequerque Studios, New Mexico [New Mexico, USA]
• Barwick Studios [California, USA]
• Blue Cloud Movie Ranch [California, USA]
• CBS Studio Center [California, USA]
• CBS Television City [California, USA]
• Chandler Valley Center Studios [California, USA]
• Charlie Chaplin Studios [California, USA]
• Culver Studios [California, USA]
• Disney Studios [California, USA]
• EUE Screen Gems Studios [Atlanta, Georgia, USA]
• Fox Studios [California, USA]
• Gold Coast Studios [New York, USA]
• Golden Oak (Disney) Ranch [California, USA]
• Grumman Studios [New York, USA]
• Iverson Ranch [California, USA]
• Kaufman Astoria Studios [New York, USA]
• LA Castle Studios [Burbank, CA, USA]
• Laurel Canyon Stages [California, USA]
• Los Angeles Center Studios [California, USA]
• Melody Ranch [California, USA]
• Metromedia Square [California, USA]
• Michigan Motion Picture Studios [Michigan, USA]
• Palmdale Airport [California, USA]
• Prospect Studios [California, USA]
• Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios [California, USA]
• Raleigh Studios [California, USA]
• Ren-Mar Studios [California, USA]
• Sable Ranch [California, USA]
• Santa Clarita Studios [California, USA]
• Silver Screen Studios [New York, USA]
• Steiner Studios [New York, USA]
• Sunset Bronson Studios [California, USA]
• Sunset Las Palmas Studios [California, USA]
• The Lot / Warner Hollywood Studios [California, USA]
• Trilith Studios [Georgia, USA]
• Warner Ranch [California, USA]
• Aja Tan Studios [North Vancouver, BC, Canada]
• Bridge Studios [Burnaby, BC, Canada]
• Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios [Regina, SK, Canada]
• Canadian Motion Picture Park [Burnaby, BC, Canada]
• Cinespace Film Studios [Toronto, ON, Canada]
• Kleinburg Studios [Kleinburg, ON, Canada]
• Mels Cite du Cinema [Montreal, Canada]
• North Shore Studios [North Vancouver, Canada]
• Pinewood Toronto Studios [Toronto, Canada]
• Vancouver Film Studios [Canada]
• Baja Film Studios [Baja California, Mexico, USA]
• Churubusco Studios [Mexico City, Mexico]
• 3 Mills Studio [London, England, UK]
• Ardmore Studios [Ireland]
• BBC Elstree Centre [London, England, UK]
• BBC Media City [Salford, England, UK]
• BBC Television Centre [London, England, UK]
• BBC Upper Boat Studios [Cardiff, Wales, UK]
• Beaconsfield Film Studios [Beaconsfield, England]
• Black Hangar Studios [London, England, UK]
• Bray Studios [England, UK]
• Cardington Airship Sheds [England, UK]
• Danziger Studios [Elstree, UK]
• Ealing Studios [London, England, UK]
• Elstree Studios [London, England, UK]
• Gainsborough Studios [London, England]
• Longcross Studios [England, UK]
• Pinewood Studios [England, UK]
• Shepperton Studios [England, UK]
• The Paint Hall [Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK]
• The Wharf Studios [Barking, London, UK]
• Twickenham Film Studios [London, England, UK]
• West London Film Studios [London, England]
• Wimbledon Studios [London, England, UK]
• Alvernia Studios [Krakow, Poland]
• Babelsberg Film Studios [Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany]
• Barrandov Studios [Prague, Czech Republic]
• Filmbyen Denmark [Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark]
• New Boyana Film Studios, Bulgaria [Sofia, Bulgaria]
• Camperdown Studios [Wellington, New Zealand]
• Fox Studios Australia [Australia]
• Stone Street Studios [New Zealand]

These studios no longer exist.

• Downey Studios [California, USA]
• Hal Roach Studios [California, USA]
• Ray-Art Studios [California, USA]
• RKO Encino [California, USA]
• Stages at Playa Vista [California, USA]
• Alexandra Palace [London, England, UK]
• Bushey Studios [Hertfordshire, England]
• Cricklewood Film Studios [London, England, UK]
• Denham Studios [London, England, UK]
• Gate Studios [London, England, UK]
• Isleworth Studios [London, England, UK]
• Jacob Street Studios [London, England]
• Lime Grove Studios [London, England, UK]
• Merton Park Studios [London, England, UK]
• MGM Borehamwood [Borehamwood, England, UK]
• Southall Film Studios [London, England, UK]
• Teddington Studios [London, England, UK]
• The Production Village, Cricklewood [Cricklewood, London, UK]
• Wembley Park Studios [London, England, UK]

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7 Iconic Movie And TV Locations to See in Toronto

Just go ahead and call Toronto "Hollywood Northeast." Canada's largest city is also its most movie-obsessed. Each September, Hollywood and international superstar filmmakers converge and unveil new works at the Toronto International Film Festival . Toronto is also home to an incredible amount of TV and movie productions (second only to Vancouver, aka "Hollywood Northwest"). In 2019, Netflix acquired a 25,000-square-foot studio production and office hub , while the city and greater metropolitan area has stood in for numerous North American and international locales including New York, Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, while it also serves as the fictitious, dystopian Gilead in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale and, of course, plays itself in the beloved DeGrassi franchise and films like Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.

If interested in "movie peeping" on current productions, there are a couple of Twitter accounts to follow. Toronto Filming (@TOFilming_EM) includes specific street addresses and shooting times, while What’s Filming (@WhatsFilmingON) includes hot tips and location details for shows and movies throughout the Ontario province. The City of Toronto's website also lists some current and upcoming shoots, and University of Toronto Libraries hosts an interactive online Toronto Film Map , pinned with locations for productions both set and shot here. To get a jump on some of the musts, here are seven locations used in some of the most iconic TV and movies.

Fairmont Royal York, Shazam!

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Having celebrated its 90th birthday in 2019, the sprawling, 898-room Fairmont Royal York hotel is such a favorite and prolific location for movie, TV, commercial, and music video production that it employs two full-time staff members dedicated to booking and coordinating shoots. Last year's hit DC Comics superhero movie, Shazam!, featured the Royal York's lobby and shopping arcade in several memorable scenes (both doubling as New York, which Toronto frequently does), while The Handmaid's Tale has also utilized numerous spaces within the Royal York, including the ballroom and Library Bar, the latter serving as Jezebel's, during its run. Other notable films and shows over the years that have rolled here include Spotlight, Molly's Game, Red, Designated Survivor, Cinderella Man, and Syfy's The Expanse. Having completed a massive, property-wide renovation project in summer 2019, which includes redesigned and refreshed rooms, railway hotel-styled grand lobby, and the brand new CLOCKWORK Champagne & Cocktails bar and REIGN restaurant, we're sure to see even more of this grand dame on screens large and small soon.

Massey Hall, The Shape of Water

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Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, Guillermo Del Toro's atmospheric, heartfelt homage to classic horror movies like The Creature From The Black Lagoon featured numerous Toronto locations prominently, including Massey Hall , an historic, 2,765-seat performance venue. In the 1962-set film, the Massey's exterior plays the fictitious Baltimore Orpheum movie theater that Elisa (Sally Hawkins) lives above, to which a marquee was added by production designers; the Orpheum's interior, however, was shot in Yonge Street's 100+ year old Edwardian-style Elgin Theatre . The Shape of Water isn't the first Del Toro film to be shot in Toronto; in fact, the Guadalajara, Mexico-born director shot his first Hollywood film (1997's Mimic) here, and has not only returned to lens many projects since (including Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak, and FX series The Strain ), but also bought multiple Ontario homes. Fun fact: Massey Hall also served as a Tribeca neighborhood vampire lair in The Strain.

Union Station, Suicide Squad

Silver Streak, a 1976 action comedy, saw a train engine car bore through Union Station, and 30 years later DC Comics' 2016 Suicide Squad tore it up during a major climactic battle between the antihero team (which includes Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn) and supernatural baddie Enchantress. Fortunately, the station has more or less made it intact during its scenes in Orphan Black, Cosmopolis, and Wonderfalls, while other DCEU movies and series shot in and around Toronto include Titans and Shazam!.

City Hall, The Handmaid's Tale

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Late Finnish architect Viljo Revell is credited with creating one of Toronto's most unique landmarks and popular locations for sci-fi and alternate universe-set productions. It served as setting for a scene in Star Trek: The New Generation (specifically, its 37th episode, which was shot in 1989), and more recently in The Handmaid's Tale. Locals were especially excited to spot the familiar red cloak-clad and white bonnet-wearing characters, including stars Elizabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, and Yvonne Strahovski scattered around the iconic structure, its sloping exterior pathways, and adjacent Nathan Philips Square plaza in 2019 (check out the series' third season for this scene). While Toronto is quite a progressive, diverse city, almost every section of town stands in for the repressive, futuristic dystopia of Gilead (with assist from production and art departments, of course). Other familiar sights to fans should include the exterior of St. Lawrence Market, the Fairmont Royal York, Trinity-St. Paul's United Church, Pearson airport, and the Puente de Luz Bridge. Keep an eye out for the CN Tower as well!

University of Toronto, Mean Girls

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A highly-rated university, the University of Toronto campus has also stood in for elite Ivy league colleges like Harvard and MIT (1998 Oscar-winner Good Will Hunting) and Princeton (2004's Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle), and served as fictitious school settings for many other hit movies including 1994's PCU, 2012's Total Recall remake, Ang Lee's 2008 Marvel movie The Incredible Hulk, and Tina Fey's cult 2004 comedy Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Fey herself. Numerous buildings and exteriors on the campus were put to use for the Illinois-set hit, including Convocation Hall (other Toronto area locations used include Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, Malvern Collegiate's auditorium, and the CF Sherway Gardens shopping mall).

Roy Thomson Hall, The Boys

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Home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and sister venue to Massey Hall, this 38-year-old, glassy, circular structure is one of Toronto's architectural icons, and the handiwork of Canadian architects Arthur Erikson (a Vancouver native) and Toronto's own Mathers & Haldenby. Also a favored venue for events during the Toronto International Film Festival, the Roy Thomson Hall, both its exterior, interior, and glorious 2,630-seat auditorium (which underwent a six-month, $20 million upgrade in 2002 for optimal acoustics), is often on screens itself: most recently, it appeared in Amazon's outrageously dark, wryly comic superhero series about a deeply corrupt superteam, The Seven, and the underdog vigilantes determined to bring them to bloody justice, The Boys .

The Hall doubles as the headquarters of the fictitious Vought International, a shady company that founded The Seven. Hughie can be seen within its glassy lobby during the first season's second episode, which will look familiar to fans of the X-Men movie franchise, as this also serves as the congressional hallway where Patrick Stewart's Charles Xavier briefly confronts Ian McKellen's Magneto during an early scene in the first film in 2000. The Expanse also has set scenes in this stunningly designed, skylit interior, while the Hall also numerates among the many Toronto locations that serial killer Hannibal Lecter and criminal profiler Will Graham played cat and mouse around in the three-season series Hannibal.

Financial District, Suits

When Wall Street and midtown corporate Manhattan settings are called for, Toronto's Financial District takes the call. Completing its nine-season run in 2020, law firm drama Suits has created a convincing Manhattan-a-like throughout Toronto (fun fact: only its pilot episode was shot entirely in the Big Apple!), with Bay Street's sleek and towering Bay Adelaide West skyscraper serving as exterior and glass-enclosed marble-walled ground floor lobby of the Zane Specter Litt Wheeler Williams law firm's building, which has a 54th Street address in the show (the firm's office interiors, however, are shot on elaborate, utterly convincing sets replete with city views). The building should also look familiar to fans of 2000's darkly comic cult horror hit, American Psycho; this is where Christian Bale's already unhinged serial killer character, Patrick Bateman, went on yet another, even more unhinged spree late in the film, and the building and district has also appeared in series Orphan Black, Nikita, Conviction, the 2010 elevator-ride-from-hell movie, Devil and 2016 Oscar winner, Spotlight.

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Tour duration: 4 hours Transportation: walking and metro Tour covers: Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral (outside), Lenin’s Tomb (outside), Gum, Bolshoi theatre (outside), Moscow metro tour.

Tour duration: 4 hours Transportation: driving Tour covers: Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral, Bolshoi Theatre, Alexander's Gardens, Victory Park, Christ the Saviour cathedral, Novodevichy convent, Moscow State University, Sparrow hills.

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Moscow offers enough amazing attractions to keep you busy 4-5 days and even longer. This Moscow private tour gives you a chance to explore major highlights of the city. Tour duration: up to 7 hours each day Transportation: Walking and metro + 3-hour driving on the 1st day, full day driving services on the 3d day, all other days walking and metro

During your 2-3 day private tour of Moscow you’ll see most famous sights of the city Tour duration: up to 7 hours each day Transportation: 1st day - walking and metro, 2nd day - 3-hour driving + walking, 3d day - driving.

Moscow in 1 day private tour is ideal for the first-time visitors of Moscow with limited time. Tour duration: 7 hours Transportation: walking and metro Tour covers: Moscow Kremlin (including cathedrals), Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral (outside), Lenin’s Tomb (outside), Gum, Zaradje park, Varvarka street, Moscow metro tour.

Book this Moscow private tour if you have at least 8 hour layover Transportation: car or public transport (airexpress train + metro) Tour duration: up to 8 hours Tour itinerary: Your Moscow guide will meet you at the airport, brings you to the center of Moscow. You'll see Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral, Gum, Bolshoi theatre, Alexander's Gardens, Moscow Kremlin and metro.

We are glad to meet independent travelers and city explorers, all those who choose unbeaten tracks or have particular interests. We help you to create your own tour of Moscow. You can have a look at the list of Moscow sights and mark places you'd like to include in your itinerary. We'll help you to create a tour to match your interests. We can also give you some tips on how to save time getting around our very spread-out city.

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Moscow is a great destination for everyone interested in our Soviet past. During your Moscow tour you can discover an amazing heritage of Soviet architecture and learn about the greatest Russian political figures who changed the world in the 20th century. Moscow was the heart of the Soviet empire for almost 70 years and the city is still full of reminders of the Communist era.

We invite you to visit the Bolshoi theatre which recently opened its doors after 6 years of major renovation. During the tour you’ll see the fabulous halls with restored 19th century interiors, learn about most advanced technologies used in the theatre today and even go behind the scenes to watch a rehearsal.

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During the tour there will be a unique chance to visit famous ceremonial halls of St. George. St. Andrew, St. Vladimir and St. Aleksandr as well as see the hidden gems Terem Palace and Facated Chamber, which is one of the oldest secular buildings in Moscow.

Once a top secret town Star City today is more open and welcomes visitors interested in space travel. Since1960s Star city has been a training centre for the Russian Cosmonauts, it was here where Yury Gagarin, German Titov, Valentina Tereshkova prepared for their historic flights. Many Russian Cosmonauts live in Star city today with their families and get trained.

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Located 83 km to the north-west from Moscow in the town of Klin, this house is a wonderful retreat hidden by the small forest on Leningradky highway on the way from Moscow to St. Petersburg where Pyotr Tchaykovsky spent the last year of his life and composed his last symphony №6

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There is a city somewhere amidst bears and snow. And the city's name is Moscow. And there are famous landmarks here and there. And there are babushkas hiding on the unknown paths between these landmarks.

Willing to preserve the memory of your visit to Moscow? We're glad to offer you a portrait session in most photogenic locations in Moscow. During this tour you'll see Moscow most iconic sights and get a gallery of your images with picturesque backdrops.

During this tour you will discover the darker side of Moscow. You will see mysterious places and haunted mansions. You will learn about the lives of those moscovites who can't find peace even after their death. This tour reveals a different side of the city, which can be interesting for both sceptics and believers.

Are you curious to visit the oldest Film studio in Europe? The museum located on the its grounds offers a great chance to see clothes, props and retro cars, explore indoor and outdoor sets , learn about makeup procedure. It is also an opportunity to learn some stories and tricks of film making process.

This tour gives you a chance to see a typical apartment in one of the Seven Sisters. Besides you'll learn the story of life of one of the greatest Russian ballerinas.

During the tour you will be able to learn about the history of Moscow State University, visit rotunda on the 31st floor where some temporary exhibitions are held as well as to have lunch in one of the students’ cafeterias.

The tour is focused on the events that happened 100 years ago and after. We’ll talk about the Russian Revolution and the changes it brought to lives of ordinary people. The tour features a walking part as well as the House on the Embankment museum

We invite you to explore the historic and the most luxurious Moscow baths. We’ll be able to visit the male top class department which is considered the most beautiful category and were ladies are allowed to wash only once a year.

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If you are interested in cinema and in how films are made, then a visit to the Mosfilm studios is an absolute must! The biggest film studio in Russia and one of the biggest in the world, the studios started working in 1923, during the early days of Soviet silent cinema, and are still functioning to this day. More than 1700 films have been filmed here, including most of the Soviet-era classics,  many of which have won awards in international film festivals. From Eisenstein and Tarkovsky, both of whom made films here, to Sergei Bondarchuk’s  monumental films of War and Peace, the Mosfilm studios are full of cinema history. 

On the way to the studio our guide will give you a bit of Russian filmmaking history along with a short desription of the interesting places you drive by.

The film studios went through hard times after the break-up of the Soviet Union, and many of the facilities were neglected for years. But now, after a lot of hard work and investment, they have been brought back to their former glory and are open to the public.

You will be able to explore the inside and outside areas of the studio and see many displays of make-up, props, costumes, and spectacular sets from famous films from throughout the studios’ history. You will be fascinated by the unique collection of vintage cars and you will feel as if you have traveled back in time as you explore the “Old Moscow” and “Old St Petersburg” sets. 

• A unique opportunity to take memorable photographs
• Enjoy a dynamic re-enactment of the first Soviet horror film, "Viy" by Aleksandr Ptushko
• Visit the studio’s museum, with its unmatched collection of vintage cars, carriages, costumes, scenery mockups etc.
• Visit the studio’s sets and get lost in the streets of pre-revolutionary Moscow or Saint-Petersburg, or the eerie ruins of an old German town at the end of the Second World War.
• Visit some of the studio’s many shooting stages
• Learn about camera equipment, set design, the secrets of make-up ketches, costumes in the main building

Whether you’re a lifelong fan of Soviet cinema, or whether you just want to find out what a film studio looks like, we are sure that you’ll find this an unforgettable trip!

The cost of an excursion with a personal guide for 1 person

Pick-up at your hotel

Transfer to the movie studio

Museum of the "Mosfilm" Cinema Concern

Shooting pavilion

"Old Town" outdoor site

Main building

Moving exposition of the renowned movie "Viy" by A. Ptushko

Transfer back to hotel

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