Film Liaisons in California Statewide (FLICS)
Description: Film location professionals scout and admire Berkeley's architectural buildings and residences, varied landscapes and views. Shoot your next film in Berkeley.
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Berkeley has served as a film location for many cinema classics.
There are many attributes the City of Berkeley and University have to offer the film industry. Location professionals scout and admire our architectural buildings and residences, varied landscapes and views from Tilden Regional Park to the Berkeley Marina, tree-lined shopping districts and neighborhoods.
Research shows the “first” documented movie to film in Berkeley was back in 1919. In 1967, Embassy Pictures came to Berkeley to shoot several scenes for the Academy Award-winning “The Graduate." George Lucas came to Berkeley in 1970 and filmed up at the Lawrence Hall of Science for his first movie, "THX-1138." More recently, Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner" was filmed in part at the Berkeley Marina (2007). We’ve also served as backdrop to numerous commercials, photo shoots, documentaries and television s
Film Liaisons in California Statewide (FLICS)