Life and work
Doug Liman is an American film director and producer. Born: 24 July 1965. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Director · 1965–
Doug Liman
Doug Liman is an American film director and producer. Born on 24 July 1965, this profile follows Doug Liman through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Swingers (1996). The location trail reaches Formosa Cafe, The Dresden and Canter’s Deli. 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.
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Swingers · Formosa Cafe
Doug Liman is credited as director on Swingers. The work’s existing location story leads to Formosa Cafe. The Formosa is one of the Los Angeles bar and restaurant locations associated with the film.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Musso & Frank Grill ↗︎
Filming location · the parking-lot argument
Musso & Frank’s parking lot doubles for the Dresden’s in the confrontation outside. The edit connects two separate Hollywood locations.
6667 Hollywood Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎Canter’s Deli ↗︎
Filming location · on the way
Canter’s appears along the convoy’s route. It is a passing city reference rather than the diner used for the film’s main heart-to-heart conversations.
419 N Fairfax Avenue
Open street map ↗︎Formosa Cafe ↗︎
Swingers
The Formosa is one of the Los Angeles bar and restaurant locations associated with the film.
7156 Santa Monica Boulevard
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Filming location · the lounge
The Dresden is the group’s destination and the setting for Mike’s encounter with the waitress. Its intimate lounge is central to the film’s social world.
1760 N Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1965-07-24
Born 24 July 1965
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Swingers ↗︎
Doug Liman
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
Swingers ↗︎
Los Feliz music and late-night Hollywood geography give a small comedy its sense of a whole city.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Jon Favreau ↗︎
Jon Favreau is an American actor and filmmaker. Born on 19 October 1966, this profile follows Jon Favreau through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Swingers (1996), Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Iron Man 3 (2013). The location trail reaches Formosa Cafe, The Dresden and Canter’s Deli. 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.
Vince Vaughn ↗︎
Vince Vaughn is an American actor. Born on 28 March 1970, this profile follows Vince Vaughn through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Swingers (1996) and Be Cool (2005). The location trail reaches Formosa Cafe, The Dresden and Canter’s Deli. 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.
Ron Livingston ↗︎
Ron Livingston is an American actor. Born on 5 June 1967, this profile follows Ron Livingston through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Swingers (1996). The location trail reaches Formosa Cafe, The Dresden and Canter’s Deli. 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.