This guide provides information about film, television and commercial production in Baja California, México. Primarily, this guide includes crew and vendors who have provided services to productions based at Baja Studios during the past 2 years, there may be other services available in the Baja California area.
The peninsula of Baja California is 781 miles long with an average width of about 56 miles, it is divided in to two Mexican states: Baja California and Baja California Sur. This guide provides information about film, television and commercial production in the northern state, Baja California, specifically near its 6 population centers: Ensenada, Mexicali, Rosarito, San Felipe, Tecate and Tijuana.
Baja California is situated just south of the U.S. México border between San Diego and El Centro. The city of Tijuana is the primary entry port to Baja California. Driving time from Los Angeles to Tijuana is about 3 hours. Driving time from San Diego to Tijuana is about 25 minutes. There are flights from Los Angeles to San Diego that leave every hour.
Ten years ago, in order to film Titanic, 20th Century Fox constructed a major studio facility, Fox Studios Baja, just south of Tijuana. The studio stimulated growth of the local film production infrastructure. Today Baja California offers film producers and directors a diversity of locations, modern facilities, local suppliers and experienced crew. Many productions have worked in Baja California since Titanic: “Tomorrow Never Dies”, “In Dreams”, “Deep Blue Sea”, “Pearl Harbor”, “The Fast and the Furious”, “Kung Pow”, “Master and Commander The Far Side of the World”, “Tremors the Tv series”, “Jarhead”, “Borderland”, “The Death and Life of Boby Z” and “Babel” are some of the productions filmed here.
For more information about Baja California visit: www.descubrebajacalifornia.com