The Birds Filming Locations (1963)

The Birds Filming Locations: The Birds is a 1963 American Drama Horror film which is produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and the story is written by Daphne Du Maurier and Evan Hunter.

The film is loosely based on the 1952 short story of the same name which is written by Daphne du Maurier. It stars Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright.

Name	The Birds
Genre	Drama Horror
Filming Location	California, USA
Filming Dates	Mar 5, 1962 – Jul 10, 1962
Release Date	March 28, 1963

The Birds Filming Locations – When and Where The Birds filmed?

The Birds started filming on Mar 5, 1962 and ended after a few months on Jul 10, 1962. The filming took place in California, USA. The production team several places in California to shoot the film.

Are you one of those people who note down the filming locations of various movies and series? So the filming locations of multiple movies and series are shared through our post. In the below article, we will see the different places where the film was filmed.

📍California, USA

California is a western U.S. state and also has a Hollywood sign which adds to its beauty, the venue includes studios such as Universal, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Bros. Sacramento is the Capital of California.

📍Bodega Bay, California, USA

Bodega Bay is a California village on the coast of northern California in the United States. It is approximately 5 miles wide and is located approximately 40 miles northwest of San Francisco and 20 miles west of Santa Rosa. Village’s exterior was shot in the film. Scenes of the schoolhouse were shot at 17110 Bodega Lane, Bodega, and some scenes were also shot at 835 Bay Hwy, Bodega Bay.

📍Union Square, San Francisco, California, USA

San Francisco, formally located in northern California, The place is formally a major commercial, cultural, and financial center of the state of California.

San Francisco is also one of the selected locations for the filming. The shooting took place in some places in San Francisco also.

Some scenes were also filmed at Union Square, a public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post, and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco, California.

📍Colusa County, California, USA

Colusa County is a county located in the US state of California. The county seat is Colusa. It is in the North Valley of California, northwest of the state capital, Sacramento.

📍Universal Studios – 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Address: 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, United States

Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and also a theme park which is located in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County, California. The cast and crew used the facilities on Stage 28, Stage 32, and Stage 44, at Universal Studios – 100 Universal City Plaza to shoot The Birds.

📍Bloomfield, California, USA

Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is located in a rural area approximately 11 miles southwest of Santa Rosa at the junction of Bloomfield Road and Valley Ford Road. Americano Creek flows west along the southern edge of the city.

📍Los Angeles, California, USA

The film was also shot in the United States of America, with the primary filming taking place in California. Most of the Film was shot in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is located in the United States. It is a large California city located in the south and the center of the country’s film and television industries.

📍Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Venice is a city in Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California. The cast and crew also used the city to film some scenes of the film. The city was well known for its canals, a beach, and Ocean Front Walk. The filming also took place in Venice Canals of Venice.

The Birds Official Trailer

You can watch the trailer below:

The Birds was released on March 28, 1963 by Universal-International Pictures. (External Link: IMDB)