Filming History

History of Filming in Mono County

There have been a variety of commercials, films, TV shows and series and many other independent projects in Mono County. Below is a sample list of just some of the productions that have come through Mono County;

Bridgeport

• Belle Starr’s Daughter (1948)
• Out of the Past (1947)

Bodie

• Ghosts of California (2003)
• America (1972)
• Hell’s Heroes (1933)

Crystal Crag

• The Last Place On Earth (2002)

June Lake

• Oblivion (2012)

Mammoth Lakes

• XXX (2002)
• The Scorpion King (2002)
• The Last Place On Earth (2002)
• Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)
• The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
• True Grit (1969)
• Rose Marie (1954)

Mammoth Mountain Ski Area

• The Golden Child (1986)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Mono Lake

• High Plains Drifter (1973)

Other Locations

• Aspen Extreme (1993)
• Big Girls Don’t Cry… They Get Even (1991)
• For the Boys (1991)
• Sweet Poison (1991)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
• The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988)
• Cry Wilderness (1986)
• First Monday in October (1981)
• Nevada Smith (1966)
• North to Alaska (1960)