City of Palmdale
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Locations
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Film Credits
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Introduction to City of Palmdale
Having an extensive history of hosting Film Productions, dating back over 100 years to the era of Silent Films, Palmdale is known as Hollywood’s Gateway to the Mojave Desert and beyond. A key attraction we offer is several nearby ready-to-shoot Movie Ranches, some with extraordinary “permanent” standing sets adorned with authentic props and period buildings. With long stretches of remote desert roads, captivating Joshua Trees and our unique Film Incentives, Palmdale can meet your production’s needs.
Productions That Call the City of Palmdale Home
The City of Palmdale is proud to assist Filmmakers (no matter what size) in helping them produce successful projects. Aside from our exceptional Film Program and Incentives, we offer a wide variety of unique Locations and Movie Ranches in the area.
Production Credits
- The Terminator (and T2 & T3)
- Transformers
- Ironman
- Avengers
- Identity
- The Purge
- Bumblebee
- Se7en
- Hancock
- Hulk
- Ford vs Ferrari
- Kill Bill
- Furious 7
- Mission Impossible 2
Production Credits
- Blow
- Countless episodes and Features of Star Trek
- The Right Stuff
- Duel (Spielberg’s 1st Feature)
- Jurassic Park
- Blazing Saddles
- Eye of the Storm
- The Great Lie (1941 with Bette David & Mary Astor)
- Where Danger Lives (1950 with Robert Mitchum)
- Them! (1954)
- Werewolf of London (1935)
- Bosch & Bosch Legacy
- Goliath
- American Gigolo
A Few Filming Locations in Palmdale
Four Aces Movie Ranch
Blayney Movie Ranch
Rocky Buttes Movie Ranch
Palmdale’s “Remote Road” (East 90th and Ave. M)
Four Aces Movie Ranch
An hour north-east of Los Angeles in the Antelope Valley, Four Acres Movie Ranch is a professional movie set in one of California’s most cinematic desertscapes. Featuring a 1940s-style diner, Route 66 gas station, roadside motel, and honky tonk bar, the ranch is laden with authentic period props for a ready-to-shoot location.
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Blayney Movie Ranch
Located 15 miles east of Palmdale, Blayney Movie Ranch is a private, fenced 160-acre parcel of unspoiled desert wilderness boasting rock formations, canyons, towering cacti, mountain passes, Joshua Trees, and other arid attributes. With fewer restrictions than other California lands, Blayney offers filmmakers everything they need for a successful project.
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Rocky Buttes Movie Ranch
Comprised of two desert filming locations, Rocky Buttes Movie Ranch is a 25-acre property featuring stunning rock formations and Joshua Trees. Producers can shoot a range of projects utilizing the Americana-style Mojave Desert roads, a 1940s hunting cabin surrounded by Joshua Trees and the surrounding rocky butte formations.
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Palmdale’s “Remote Road” (East 90th and Ave. M)
This stretch is one mile of paved desert road (running East/West) that is ideal for full closures and can “play” for a remote desert road in Texas, Arizona or New Mexico, but it’s only an hour from LA. With no buildings or homes in sight, it’s an ideal location for high-speed stunts and crashes, “shootouts” and scenes involving vehicles that have broken down and the occupants are stranded “out in the middle of nowhere.”
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Palmdale, CA Film Incentive Program
Why shoot here? Because Palmdale literally picks up part of the tab—on beds and permits—so you can put more of your budget on-screen.
1. “Stay & Shoot” Hotel Rebate
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Up to US $6,000 per production toward local lodging.
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100% of room + tax covered Friday–Sunday (cap US $2,000 per day).
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50% covered Monday–Thursday (cap US $1,000 per day).
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Shooting outside city limits? You still get 25% back on rooms booked through Visit Palmdale (max US $3,500).
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Valid for seven nights per production and requires a FilmLA permit spanning at least two shoot days. City of Palmdale
2. FilmLA Permit-Fee Reimbursement
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Up to US $2,000 back on the basics: application, per-location, encroachment, traffic-plan, and L.A. County Fire review fees.
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Only one shoot day inside Palmdale city limits is needed to qualify. City of Palmdale
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3. Program Fine Print That Works in Your Favor
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First-come, first-served funding—hotel rebates are capped at US $50K per year; permit reimbursements at US $100K.
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Choose one incentive per production, per permit—pick the option that saves you the most.
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Cash support flows once paperwork is submitted within 30 days of your final shoot date. City of Palmdale
How Film Palmdale Makes It Easy
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Single point of contact for hotel bookings, permit coordination and incentive claims.
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Location intel on demand—deserts, suburbs, aerospace facilities, and a 300-days-of-sunshine climate just 60 minutes from Hollywood.
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Vendor and crew referrals to keep spending (and qualifying dollars) inside city limits.
Unlock the Perfect Backdrop for Your Production
CONTACT
City of Palmdale
David Halver
dhalver@gmail.com
(310) 463-1911
https://www.filmpalmdale.com/