Life and work
Claude Zidi is a French film director. Born: 25 July 1934. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: France.
Writer/Creator · 1934–
Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi is a French film director. Born on 25 July 1934, this profile follows Claude Zidi through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include True Lies (1994). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles and Westin Bonaventure Hotel. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
← All peopleFollow the geography ↓True Lies · The Biltmore Los Angeles
Claude Zidi is credited as writer on True Lies. The work’s existing location story leads to The Biltmore Los Angeles. The Biltmore Los Angeles is documented as a location associated with True Lies (1994). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
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The Biltmore Los Angeles ↗︎
A screen location
The Biltmore Los Angeles is documented as a location associated with True Lies (1994). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
506 S Grand Avenue
Open street map ↗︎Westin Bonaventure Hotel ↗︎
A screen location
Westin Bonaventure Hotel is documented as a location associated with True Lies (1994). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
404 S Figueroa Street
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1934-07-25
Born 25 July 1934
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
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True Lies
James Cameron
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
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PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
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James Cameron ↗︎
James Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and explorer. Born on 16 August 1954, this profile follows James Cameron through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and True Lies (1994). The location trail reaches Second Street Tunnel, Griffith Observatory and Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Charlton Heston ↗︎
Charlton Heston was an American actor. Born on 4 October 1923, this profile follows Charlton Heston through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Planet of the Apes (1968), Earthquake (1974) and True Lies (1994). The location trail reaches Point Dume, Malibu Creek State Park and Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Jamie Lee Curtis ↗︎
Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress and author. Born on 22 November 1958, this profile follows Jamie Lee Curtis through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Halloween (1978), True Lies (1994) and A Fish Called Wanda. The location trail reaches Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam, The Biltmore Los Angeles and Westin Bonaventure Hotel, with existing stories in London. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Bill Paxton ↗︎
Bill Paxton was an American actor and filmmaker. Born on 17 May 1955, this profile follows Bill Paxton through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Terminator (1984), Predator 2 (1990), True Lies (1994) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Second Street Tunnel, Griffith Observatory and Eastern Columbia Building. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Eliza Dushku ↗︎
Eliza Dushku is an American actress. Born on 30 December 1980, this profile follows Eliza Dushku through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include True Lies (1994) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles, Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Torrance High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Tia Carrere ↗︎
Tia Carrere is an American actress. Born on 2 January 1967, this profile follows Tia Carrere through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include True Lies (1994). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles and Westin Bonaventure Hotel. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.