Filming At Campus

We invite Columbia students as well as commercial and documentary companies to consider the Columbia University campus and buildings as a production location.

Getting Started

All news media and interview requests must be made through the Office of Communications and Public Affairs.

Film History

Columbia University has been the backdrop to a number of Hollywood blockbusters, rich independent films, important documentaries, popular television shows and advertising productions, including:

  • Ghostbusters
  • Spiderman
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • The Hulk
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces
  • Awakenings
  • Downtown Express
  • Men In Black
  • Premium Rush
  • Law and Order
  • Gossip Girl
  • ESPN advertising
  • Malcolm X
  • Hitch
  • Still Alice
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind