Seattle Film History
Filmmakers have been flocking to Seattle ever since the city's film debut in 1933's Tugboat Annie. Seattle has been a backdrop for some of Hollywood's biggest movies and remains among one of the best cities to film in because of our diverse scenery, commitment to arts and culture and experienced local cast, crew and support services.
Film History Timeline
| 2022 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Year of the Fox | Megan Griffiths |
| Finding Bapu | Sudeshna Sen |
| Top Gear America - Season 2 | |
| Sex Lives of College Girls - Season 2 | |
| 2021 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| KIMI | Steven Soderberg |
| Three Busy Debras - Season 2 | |
| 2020 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| The Unforgivable | Nora Findscheidt |
| 2019 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Silence (Nishabdham) | Hermant Madhukar |
| The Paper Tigers | Quoc Bao Tran |
| Three Busy Debras | Anna Dokoza |
| Station 19 - Season 3 | |
| Potato Dreams of America | Wes Hurley |
| Malignant | James Wan |
| 2018 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Station 19 Season 2 | |
| Grey's Anatomy Season 15 | |
| The Art of Racing in the Rain | Simon Curtis |
| Language Arts | Cornelia Duryee |
| Hunky Boys Go Ding Dong | Todd Rohal |
| Thin Skin | Charles Mudede |
| Know Your Place | Zia Mohajerjasbi |
| Super Intelligence | Ben Falcone |
| 2017 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Station 19 Season 1 | |
| Grey's Anatomy Season 14 | |
| Where'd You Go Bernadette | Richard Linklater |
| Prospect | Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell |
| 2016 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| 50 Shades Darker | James Foley |
| The Real World Season 32 | |
| Automata | Van Alan |
| Wallflower | Jagger Gravning |
| The Real World Season 32 | |
| 2015 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Rocketmen | Webster Crowell |
| 2014 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Beta Test | Nicholas Gyeney |
| Man In The High Castle (TV Pilot) | David Semel |
| Captain Fantastic | Matt Ross |
| 2013 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| A Bit of Bad Luck | John Fuhman |
| Lucky Them | Megan Griffiths |
| Laggies | Lynn Shelton |
| The Architect | Jonathan Parker |
| Endeavor | Robert Burke |
| 2012 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Matt's Chance | Nicholas Gyeney |
| Touchy Feely | Lynn Shelton |
| Four Minute Mile | Charles-Olivier Michaud |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | Colin Trevorrow |
| You Can't Win | Robinson Devor |
| Pacific Aggression | Shaun Scott |
| "Top Chef" (TV Series) | |
| 2011 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Eden | Megan Griffiths |
| Desert Cathedral | Travis Senger |
| While You Weren't Looking | Jeremy Mackie |
| 21 and Over | Jon Lucas and Scott Moore |
| Fat Kid Rules the World | Matthew Lillard |
| Mine Games | Richard Gray |
| 2010 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Rogue Saints Movie | Adam Lubanski |
| Grassroots | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
| Nothing Against Life | Julio Ramirez |
| Japanese Americans | |
| Late Autumn | Tae-Yong Kim |
| Judas Kiss | J.T. Tepnapa |
| 2009 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!! | Evgeny Afineevsky |
| Manalive | Joey Odendahl |
| Penny Candy | Jennifer Patrick |
| Rock Paper Scissors | Peter Wick |
| The Details | Jacob Estes |
| Divination | Ben Pohl |
| Perfect 10 | Lindy Boustedt |
| The Penitent Man | Nicholas Gyeney |
| 2008 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Dichotomy | Jay Purcell |
| The Right to Bear Arms | Oliver Tuthill |
| Cost of Living | Veronica Craven |
| The Book of Bob | Kenton Grey |
| Resident Butch | Isometric Films |
| World's Greatest Dad | Bobcat Goldthwait |
| Traveling | Brandon Camp |
| The Whole Truth | Colleen Patrick |
| Dear Lemon Lima | Suzi Yoonessi |
| Yonder | Matt Wilkinsn |
| North American | Robinson Devor |
| The Search for Kennyboy | The Search for Kennyboy Production, LLC. |
| The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle | David Russo |
| Render Me Dead | Greg Brotherton |
| Weather Girl | Blayne Weaver |
| Secrets and Lies | North by Northwest |
| Calamari Union | Richard Lefebvre |
| Burn After Reading | Coen Brothers |
| Humpday | Lynn Shelton |
| Son of Terror | Antony De Gennaro |
| 2007 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| True Adolescents | Craig Johnson |
| The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle | David Russo |
| Battle in Seattle | Stuart Townsend |
| The Spy and the Sparrow | Garrett Bennett |
| Miss Shellagh's Miniskirt | Terisa Greenan |
| Keep Your Day Job, Superstar | Timothy Watkins |
| 2006 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| The Dark Horse | Cornelia Moore |
| The Last Mimzy | Bob Shaye |
| Outsourced | John Jeffcoat |
| 88 Minutes | Jon Avnet |
| Homeland | Christopher C. Young |
| Cthulhu | Dan Gildark |
| Battle in Seattle | Stuart Townsend |
| Butterfly Dreaming | Rufus Williams |
| Into the Wild | Sean Penn |
| 2005 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Firewall | Richard Loncraine |
| Lost on the B Side | Lyle Holmes |
| Expiration Date | Rick Stevenson |
| We Go Way Back | Lynn Shelton |
| 2004 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| The Ring 2 | Hideo Nakata |
| Blood, Bullets and a Fistful of Cash | Sam Akina |
| Boy Culture | Q. Allan Brocka |
| Brand Upon the Brain! | Guy Maddin |
| 2003 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Police Beat Police Beat LLC |
Jeffrey Brown, Alexis Ferris |
| Living Life (Feature Film) Rainyday Pictures |
Jesse Harris (Producer/Director) |
| The Promise (Feature Film) Altered Image Productions |
Michael Charboneau (Producer) |
| 2002 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| A Guy Thing (Feature/2nd Unit) MGM/Cub Four Productions |
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| Buffalo Bill's Defunct (Feature Film) Sisyphus Productions & Northwest Film Forum |
Matt Wilkins |
| Inheritance (Feature Film) Scotopia Pictures |
Kris Kristensen |
| The Naked Proof (Feature Film) Pinwheel Pictures |
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| 2001 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Citizen Baines (TV Pilot) Warner Bros. Television |
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| Enough (feature) Columbia Pictures |
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| Life or Something Like It (feature) New Regency/20th Century Fox |
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| The Fugitive (TV Series) Warner Bros. Television |
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| Ring Dreamworks |
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| 2000 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Farewell to Harry (feature) Drop of a Hat Productions |
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| Joyful Partaking (feature) Puzzle Box Productions |
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| Rose Red (Stephen King Mini-Series) Victor Television for ABC Television |
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| The Fugitive (TV Series) Warner Bros. Television |
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| 1999 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Chaos Theory (Paramount Studios/MTV, TV Pilot) |
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| Cold Feet (TV Series) (NBC) |
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| Get Carter (Canton Co., 2nd Unit/3 days 1st Unit) |
Stephen T. Kay |
| The Leonard Cohen Afterworld (Newline Cinema) |
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| Preston Tylk (Next Generation Entertainment) |
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| 1998 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Real World (TV Series) (MTV) |
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| Book of Stars (ShadowCatcher Entertainment) |
Michael Miner |
| Ten Things I Hate About You (Touchstone Pictures) |
Gil Junger |
| An Upstanding Citizen (Hearst Entertainment) |
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| 1997 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Agrippa/X-Files Interactive Game (Hyperbole, CD Rom) |
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| Under Heaven (Banner Entertainment) |
Meg Richman |
| Delivered (Banner Entertainment) |
Guy Ferland |
| Frasier (Paramount Television) |
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| Practical Magic (Warner Bros.) |
Griffin Dunne |
| 1996 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Countdown (Neo Motion Pictures) |
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| Mr. & Mrs. Smith (CBS/Warner Bros. TV) |
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| The Sixth Man (Walt Disney) |
Randall Miller |
| Pandora's Clock (Citadel Entertainment) |
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| Prefontaine (Buena Vista) |
Steve James |
| Dark Drive (Agate Films/UFO Productions) |
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| Black Circle Boys (Mailman Productions) |
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| 1995 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Under One Roof (CBS/Katy Film Productions) |
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| Assassins (Warner Bros.) |
Richard Donner |
| Eden (Eden Street Films/Sundance Institute) |
Goldberg Howard |
| The Rich Man's Wife (Caravan Pictures) |
Amy Holden Jones |
| Slaves to the Underground (SeraFilm/Enough Rope Prod.) |
Kristine Peterson |
| 1994 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Threat of Innocence (NBC/Herkimer Pond Prod.) |
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| Under One Roof (CBS/Caroline Film Prod. Inc.) |
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| Mad Love (Sarabande Prod./Touchstone Pictures) |
Antonia Bird Paula Milne |
| Disclosure (Warner Bros.) |
Barry Levinson |
| Born to Be Wild (Outlaw Prod./Warner Bros.) |
Johnny Lee John Gray |
| Georgia (CIBY 2000/MiraMax) |
Ulu Grosbard |
| Medicine Ball (Lakeside Prod./Warner Bros.) |
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| Precious Cargo/Simon & Simon Reunion (MTE Television) |
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| 1993 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Little Buddha (CIBY 200/MiraMax) |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
| On the Street (ABC Productions) |
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| Summer (Tri-Star TV) |
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| 1992 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| With a Vengeance (Citadel Productions) |
Michael Switzer |
| The Vanishing (20th Century Fox) |
George Sluizer |
| Sleepless in Seattle (Tri-Star/Sony Pictures) |
Nora Ephron |
| The Danger of Love (Citadel Pictures) |
Joyce Chopra |
| Better Off Dead (Viacom Productions) |
Neema Barnette |
| 1991 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Face of a Stranger (Viacom Productions) |
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| Singles (Warner Bros.) |
Cameron Crowe |
| The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (Rock'n Cradle Prod.) |
Curtis Lee Hanson |
| Crazy in Love (Turner Broadcasting) |
Martha Coolidge |
| American Heart (91 Productions) |
Martin Bell |
| Fire Walk With Me (Lynch/Frost Prod.) |
David Lynch |
| 1990 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Dogfight (D. F. Productions) |
Nancy Savoca |
| To Cross the Rubicon (Lensman Co.) |
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| I'll Take Romance (Oscar Song Prod. Inc. /ABC TV) |
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| 1989 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Fabulous Baker Boys (Glorious Productions) |
Steve Kloves |
| Bad Attitude (Home Boy Productions) |
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| Come See the Parardise (Lilico Pictures Inc.) |
Alan Parker |
| Ghost Dad (Universal) |
(aerials only) |
| 1988 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Third Degree Burn (Alibi Productions) |
Roger Spottiswoode |
| Class of 1999 (Vestron) |
Mark L. Lester |
| Birthright (Birthright Productions) |
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| Back Track (Back Track Productions) |
Dennis Hopper Alan Smithee |
| Nothing Personal (Rolling Donut Prod.) |
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| Shredder Orpheus (Image Network) |
Robert McGinley |
| Say Anything (Gracie Films) |
Cameron Crowe |
| The Magtaberg Affair (Powder Moon Productions) |
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| 1987 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Plain Clothes (Sierra Alta Prod.) |
Martha Coolidge |
| Dangerous Affections (NWT Directions/NBC TV) |
Larry Elikann |
| Seven Hours to Judgement (Transworld Entertainment) |
Beau Bridges |
| A Year in the Life TV Series (Universal/NBC) |
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| Daredreamer (Lensman Co.) |
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| 1986 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Black Widow (20th Century Fox) |
Bob Rafelson |
| Harry and the Hendersons (Universal Pictures) |
William Dear |
| House of Games (Cinehaus Inc.) |
David Mamet |
| Nutcracker (Hyperion Pictures, Kushner Locke Prod.) |
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| Starman (Columbia Pictures) |
John Carpenter |
| A Year in the Life (Universal Pictures) |
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| 1985 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Dark Mansions (Aaron Spelling Prod.) |
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| Power (Lorimar) |
Sidney Lumet |
| Rape of Richard Beck (Henerson/Hirsh Prod.) |
Karen Arthur |
| Trouble in Mind (Rain City) |
Alan Rudolph |
| 1984 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Hot Pursuit (six episodes) |
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| Murder She Wrote | |
| Twice in a Lifetime (Bud Yorkin) |
Bud Yorkin |
| 1982 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Coming Out of the Ice (Konigsberg Productions) |
Waris Hussein |
| The Fighter (Catalina Prod. - CBS TV) |
David Lowell Rich |
| Phil Donahue Show | |
| Plaza Suite (Paramount/HBO) |
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| The Prodigal (Worldwide) |
James F. Collier Bruce Broughton |
| Thursday's Child Catalina Prod. - CBS TV |
David Lowell Rich |
| Viewpoint (ABC TV) |
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| War Games (MGM - United Artists) |
John Badham |
| 1981 | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| An Officer and a Gentleman (Paramount) |
Taylor Hackford |
| Bustin' Loose | Oz Scott |
| Divorce Wars (ABC TV) |
Donald Wrye |
| Frances (Brooks Films) |
Graeme Clifford Jonathan Sanger |
| Innocent Love (Steve Binder) |
Roger Young |
| It's Only Human (NBC TV) |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (ABC Circle Films) |
Steven Gethers |
| 1980 | |
|---|---|
| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| An Act of Love (Paramount) |
Jud Taylor |
| Barefoot in the Park (Paramount/HBO) |
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| Bombs Away | Bruce Wilson |
| 60 Minutes | |
| Star Trek III | (computerized generated backgrounds produced by Seattle company - Stray Frames) |
| That's Incredible | |
| 1970's | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Before and After | Barbet Schroeder |
| The Changeling | Peter Medak |
| Cinderella Liberty (20th Century Fox) |
Mark Rydell |
| Eleanor and Franklin (ABC Circle Films) |
Daniel Petrie |
| Harry in your Pocket | Bruce Geller |
| HIT | Sidney J. Furie |
| Joyride (Curtis Productions) |
Joseph Ruben |
| The Last Convertible (Universal) |
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| The Lives of Jenny Dolan | |
| The Magician | |
| MC Q (BATJAC Productions) |
John Sturges |
| The Night Strangler | Dan Curtis |
| 99 and 44/100 Per Cent Dead | John Frankenheimer |
| Parallax View | Alan J. Pakula |
| Reflections of Murder (ABC Films) |
John Badham |
| Scorchy (Hickman Productions) |
Howard Hikmet Avedis |
| Sweet Revenge (MGM) |
Jerry Schatzberg |
| Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy | Richard T. Heffron |
| 1960's | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| It Happened at the World's Fair | Norman Taurog |
| The Slender Thread | Sydney Pollack |
| 1940's | |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| You Came Along | John Farrow |
1930's |
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| MOVIE TITLE | DIRECTOR |
| Tugboat Annie | |