This a comprehensive list of all major film, television and video productions that are currently or have been shot in Michigan.
Music Videos:
“3 A.M.” – Eminem
“All Summer Long” Kid Rock
“American Badass” – Kid Rock
“Black Math” The White Stripes
“Detroit ’67″ – Sam Roberts Band
“Do It” – Nelly Furtado
“Hotel Yorba” – The White Stripes
“Lose Yourself” – Eminem
“Mockingbird” – Eminem
“Pale Bride” – Von Bondies
“Roll On” – Kid Rock
“We’re Gonna Be friends” – The White Stripes
Reality TV Series:
Animal Cops (Animal Planet)
Crash Course – ABC
D.E.A. (Spike TV)
Detroit SWAT (A&E)
Monster Garage: Motor City – Discovery
Parking Wars (A&E)
Trauma: Life in the ER (TLC)
TV Nation (NBC, FOX)
Vet School Confidential (Animal Planet)
TV Episodes:
30 Days: Muslims and America (FX)
American Idol (Fox)
Extreme Home Makeover (ABC)
Homeland Security USA (ABC)
Made – MTV
Making the Band 3- MTV
My Super Sweet 16 – MTV
Myth Busters – Discovery
The Bachelor (ABC)
The First 48 (A&E)
Wedding Day (TNT)
TV Shows
Across the River to Motor City (Series) – Citytv Canada
Animal Cops: Detroit (Series)
A Kid Rock Christmas – VH1
Detroit 187 – ABC
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (Episodes) – Food Network
EZ Streets – CBS
Home Improvement – (Episodes)
Hung (Series) – HBO
Jack Van Impe (Series) – Syndication
Legendary Lighthouses (Miniseries) – PBS
Tanner ‘88 (Episodes) – HBO
The Flynns (Pilot)
The Prince of Motor City (Pilot) – ABC
The Wannabes (Series)
Made For TV Movies
61* (2001) – HBO
America (2009) – Lifetime
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story – (2009) – TBS
Jimmy B. & Andre (1980) – CBS
Prayers For Bobby (2009) – Lifetime
You Don’t Know Jack (2010) – HBO
Word of Honor (1981) – CBS
Live Concert Videos
Eminem AKA (2004) – Aftermath Entertainment
Eminem: Behind the Mask (2001) – Aftermath Entertainment
Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour (2005) – Aftermath Entertainment
Full Bluntal Nugity Live – Ted Nugent
Live in Detroit – Iggy and the Stooges
Live in Detroit – Peter Frampton
Motley Crue: Carnival of Sins (2005) – Motely Crue
Show (1993) – The Cure (Fiction Film & Television Limited)
The Nightmare Returns Tour – Alice Cooper
Truth or Dare (1991) – Madonna (Miramax)
Live Championship Sporting Events:
1972 PGA Championship
1979 PGA Championship
1982 Super Bowl
1984 World Series
1985 U.S. Open
1987 WrestleMania III
1988 NBA Finals
1989 NBA Finals
1990 NBA Finals
1995 NHL Finals
1996 PGA U.S. Open
1997 NHL Finals
1998 NHL Finals
2002 NHL Finals
2004 NBA Finals
2004 Ryder Cup
2005 NBA finals
2005 Super Bowl XL
2006 World Series
2007 WrestleMania 23
2008 NHL Finals
2008 PGA Championships
2009 Final Four
Shorts:
Buried in the Backyard (2005)
The Planning Lady (2007)
Feature Length Documentaries:
Bowling for Columbine (2002) – Dog Eat Dog
Eddie Murphy Delirious (1983) – Eddie Murphy Productions
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) – Lions Gate
Flintown Kids (2005) – Treasure Entertainment
It Came From Detroit – Petix Films
Michael Moore Hates America (2004)
Roger and Me (1989) – Warner Brothers
Standing in the Shadows of Motown – Rimshot / Artisan
The Big One – Dog Eat Dog/BBC
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair (2007) – Big Chief Productions
Feature Length Motion Pictures
20% Fiction (2009) – Deco Entertainment, LLC
30 Minutes or Less (2011) – Columbia Pictures
8 Mile (2002) – Universal Pictures
Across the River to Motor City (2007) – Across The River Productions
Action Jackson (1988) – Lorimar
Alleged (2010) -
All of It - (1998) – All of It Productions
All’s Faire in Love (2009) – Patriot Pictures
American Beauty Ltd. – Marcello Productions
American Cops – AM Trading, Inc.
American Cops II – AM Trading, Inc.
American Pie 2 (2001) – Universal Pictures
American Virgin – Infra-Red Pictures
Amsteroid – Odd Angle Entertainment
An Ordinary Killer – Collective Development
Anatomy of a Murder – Universal
Art House – (2009) – Big & Bright Productions
Aspen Extreme (1993) – Hollywood Pictures
Assignment Berlin – Muse Pictures, Inc.
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) – Rogue Pictures
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) – New Line Cinema
Barn Red – Brauer Productions
Bass Master, The – Fish Whistle Productions, LLC
Below (2002) – Miramax
Betsy, The – Allied Artists
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) – Paramount Pictures
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) – Paramount Pictures
Biker Zombies – (2001) – Crossbow 5 Entertainment
Bird on a Wire (1990) – Universal Pictures
Bleacher Boys (2009) – Rose Mountain Productions
Blue Collar (1978) – Universal Pictures
Bluegrass Run (2010) – Trinity Angels Productions
Born of Earth (2008) – Skeleton Factory
Burn Off (2009) – Telepathy Film Productions
Butterfly Effect: Revelation (2009) – After Dark Films Updated
Caught in the Crossfire (2009) – Miller and Miller Films
Carrier, The – Swan Productions
Chameleon Street (1989) – Prismatic Films
Chasing Sleep – Forensic 391
Cherry (2009)
Cobb – Warner Brothers
Collision Course (1989) – DeLaurentis Film Group
Come On Over – Enthusiastic Productions
Continental Divide – Universal Pictures
Conviction (2010) – Pantheon Entertainment
Crimewave (1985)- Renaissance/Pressman
Crossing the Bridge (1992) – Outlaw
Crossover (2006) – Dribble Productions
Cut, Print (2008) – Orlando Entertainment
Daisy Tells a Secret – One of Us Films, LLC
Dark Heaven – Omega Productions
Dead End Road – Indiehorror.com
Deadheads – FroBro Films
Demoted (2009) – Parallel Media
Detroit 9000 (1973)- Holly Hill Productions
Detroit Rock City – New Line Cinema
Die Hard II (1990) – 20th Century Fox
Doctor Detroit – Universal
Dread, The – Safe Harbor Productions
Dreamgirls – Dreamworks
Driven – Warner Brothers
Double, The (2011) – Hyde Park Entertainment
Evil Dead (1981) – Renaissance Pictures
Evil Dead II (1987) – Renaissance Pictures
Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001) – Purple Rose Films Ltd.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) – Twentieth Century-Fox
Figure in the Forest – Collective Development
Flirting With Disaster – New Line
Flipped (2010) – Castle Rock Entertainment
Four Brothers (2005) – Paramount
Four Corners of Nowhere (1995)- Chapter II Productions
Four Way Stop – Chicken City Films
From Venus – Collective Development
Frozen Stupid (2006) – Brauer Productions Inc.
Full Blast – Sound Bites
Genesis Code, The (2010) – American Saga Productions, LLC
Gran Torino (2008) – Warner Brothers
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) – Caravan Pictures
Happy Hour – Velocity Pictures
Hardball (2001) – Paramount Pictures
Hardcore (1979)- Columbia
Hatred of a Minute (2002) – Darkart Productions
Heaven’s Neighbors – Collective Development
Hellmaster (1992) – Dolphin Productions Ltd.
Hemingway – Daniel Wilson Production
Highland Park (2010) – Bureau of Moving Pictures
High School (2010) – Parallel Media
Hoffa (1992) – 20th Century
Hopeful Notes – Red Future Entertainment, LLC
Horse Crazy 2
Hot Summer in the City (1976)
Incorporated, The – Make Believe Productions
In the Woods (1999) – Katharys Pictures
Intent (2009) – New Castle Entertainment
Invitation, The -
Irishman, The (2010) – Sweet William Productions, LLC
Island, The (2005) – Dreamworks
Job, The (2009) – Kiki Goshay
Judicial Consent – Prelude Pictures
Jumper (2008) – 20th Century Fox
Kalamazoo? – Londinium Films
Kill Shot – FilmColony
Killing Tide, The – Tiger Lake
Knight Chills – Collective Development
Last Big Attraction, The – Hopwood Productions, Inc.
Layla’s Girl – Autumn Rain Features
Life Goes On – Orlando Entertainment
Little Red Devil (2008) – Skeleton Factory
Little Murder (2010) – Cine Grande Films
Lost On The Bohemian Road – Bohemian Productions
Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island, The – Brauer Productions
Love and Action In Chicago – L & A Productions
Lunatics – Renaissance Pictures
Lurking Terror (2002) – Crossbow 5 Entertainment
Machine Gun Preacher (2011) – Lionsgate
Mechanic, The (2010)
Meet Monica Velour (2009) – Gilbert Films
Midnight Run (1988) – Universal Pictures
Minor League: A Football Story (2009)
Mongol King – Regal Dog
Moontrap – Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
Mosquito (1995) – Mosquito Motion Pictures
Mr. Jingles (2006) – Crossbow 5 Entertainment
Mutant Swinger from Mars (2003) – Ahptic Productions
MVP 2003 – Extra Film Production
Myth of the American Sleepover, The (2009)
Naqoyqatsi (2002) – Miramax
Narc (2002) – Lionsgate
Next Great Mission, The – 45 North Productions, Inc.
Northville Cemetery Massacre
No Warning (2009)
(1979) – Cannon Films
Ocean of Pearls
Offshore (2006) – TMS Universal
Offspring (2009) – Moderncine
One Half Gone – Peebo Productions
One Room Castle – Zone V Productions
Only the Lonely (1991) – 20th Century
Oogie Loves in the Big Balloon Adventure – Big Balloon Adventure Movie, LLC
Out Of Sight (1998) – Universal Pictures
Paraclete, The – Immigrant Films
Polish Wedding (1998) – Addis-Wechsler
Postmark Paradise – Motion Picture Makers
Power of Few – The Power of Few, LLC
Prancer(1988) – Orion
Presumed Innocent (1990) – Warner Brothers
Rachel’s Attic (2002) – Gothic Pictures
Rape: A Love Story (2010) – Patriot Pictures
Reach The Rock – Hughes Productions
Real Steel (2011) – DreamWorks
Red and Blue Marbles – Don’t Tread on Red
Red Dawn<(2010)/a> – MGM
Remake, The (2006) – Crossbow 5 Entertainment
Renaissance Man (1994) – Touchstone
Retreat, The – Charity Island Pictures
Road to Perdition (2002) – Dreamworks
RoboCop (1987) – Orion
Rosary Murders – Take One Productions
Santa Clause, The (1994)
Scarecrow (1973) – Warner Brothers
Scream 4 (2011) – Dimension Films
Semi Pro – New Line Cinema
Singapore Harbor – Cine-Makers, Inc.
Sleeping Bear – Brauer Productions
Somewhere In Time – Universal
Stardust – Cireel Films Ltd. with Zone V Productions
Steam Experiment, The (2009)– Cinepro Pictures
Stick It in Detroit
Street Boss – Bierlein Entertainment
Stone (2010) – Holly Wiersma
Super Sucker – Purple Rose Films Ltd.
S.W.A.T.: Fire Fight (2011) – Stage 6 Films
Tainted – Am I Wrong Productions
Terror At Baxter U – APEX Entertainment/BV Productions
They Must Eat (2006) – Skeleton Factory
This Time For Keeps – MGM
Tiger Town – Thompson Street Films
Timequest – Destination Earth LLC
Tom Edison – Ohio Production Company
Tough Enough – American Cinema
Transformers (2007) – Dreamworks
True Romance (1993) – Warner Brothers
Tug (2009) – TicTock Studios
Up In The Air (2009) – Hard C
Upside of Anger (2005) – Sunlight/Media 8
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
What’s Wrong With Virginia (2010) – Film Bridge International
Where the Boys Are (1960) – MGM
Whip It (2009) – Babe Ruthless Productions
Wild Michigan – Collective Development
Young At Heart – Sue Marx Film, Inc.
Youth In Revolt (2009) – Dimension Films
Zebrahead (1992) – Ixtlan
Famous Michigan Natives:
Aaliyah Haughton (Actress, Songwriter)
Adam Herz (Screenwriter)
Andy Richte (Actor)
Anthony Kiedis (Actor, Songwriter)
Aretha Franklin (Actress, Songwriter)
Brian Vander Ark (Actor, Songwriter)
Bruce Campbell (Actor, Producer)
Bubba Smith (Actor)
Casey Kasem (Actor)
Charlton Heston (Actor)
Christie Brinkley (Actress)
Courtney B. Vance (Actor)
Curtis Armstrong (Actor)
Dan John Miller (Actor, Songwriter)
Dann Florek (Actor)
David Alan Grier (Actor)
David Coulier (Actor)
David Spade (Actor)
Dax Shepard (Actor)
Dean Cain (Actor)
Della Reese (Actress)
Denise Nichola (Actress)
Dick York (Actor)
Diana Ross (Actress)
Elizabeth Berkley (Actress)
Francis Ford Coppola (Director, Producer)
George C. Scott (Actor)
George Peppard Jr. (Actor)
Gilda Radner (Actress)
Gillian Anderson (Actress)
Grant Show (Actor)
Harry Morgan (Actor)
Iggy Pop (Actor, Songwriter)
Jack White (Actor, Songwriter)
James Caan (Actor)
James Earl Jones (Actor)
Jeff Daniels (Actor, Producer)
Jerry Bruckheimer (Producer)
Jim Cash (Screenwriter)
Justin Bartha (Actor)
Kristen Bell (Actress)
Larry Joe Campbell (Actor)
Lily Tomlin (Actor)
Lee Majors (Actor)
Madonna (Actress, Songwriter)
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Actress)
Marshall Crenshaw (Actor)
Marshall Mathers (Actor, Songwriter)
Matthew Lyn Lillard (Actor)
McG (Director, Producer)
Micheal Moore (Director)
Pam Dawber (Actress)
Robert Englund (Actor)
Robert Wagner (Actor)
Robin Williams (Actor)
Roger Corman (Producer)
Sam Raimi (Director, Producer)
Sandra Bernhard (Actress)
Selma Blair (Actress)
Sharon Case (Actress)
“Sinbad” David Adkins (Actor)
Steven Seagal (Actor)
Terry O’Quinn (Actor)
Tim Allen (Actor)
Tim Meadows (Actor)
Timothy Busfield (Actor)
Tom Selleck (Actor)
Tom Skerritt (Actor)
Tom Sizemore (Actor)
Verne Troyer (Actor)
