Life and work
Jake Kasdan is an American filmmaker. Born: 28 October 1974. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Director · 1974–
Jake Kasdan
Jake Kasdan is an American filmmaker. Born on 28 October 1974, this profile follows Jake Kasdan through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include New Girl (2011). The location trail reaches The Prince, The Biltmore Los Angeles and Vasquez Rocks. 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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New Girl · The Prince
Jake Kasdan is credited as director on New Girl. The work’s existing location story leads to The Prince. The Prince supplied the bar interior in the first season; later scenes used a studio recreation. The exterior establishing view of the bar belongs to a different building.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 3 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
The Biltmore Los Angeles ↗︎
Filming location · The Lisbon
Schmidt and Cece consider the fictional Lisbon as their wedding venue in “The Decision.” The real location is the Biltmore.
506 S Grand Avenue
Open street map ↗︎Vasquez Rocks ↗︎
Filming location · the desert detour
In “See Ya,” Nick drives to the desert instead of moving in with Caroline. Vasquez Rocks provides the landscape for that change of direction.
10700 Escondido Canyon Road
Open street map ↗︎The Prince ↗︎
Filming location · Nick’s bar interior
The Prince supplied the bar interior in the first season; later scenes used a studio recreation. The exterior establishing view of the bar belongs to a different building.
3198 W 7th Street, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1974-10-28
Born 28 October 1974
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
New Girl ↗︎
Elizabeth Meriwether
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.
New Girl ↗︎
A bar, a grand hotel and a rocky escape map the friendships beyond the loft.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Jake Johnson ↗︎
Jake Johnson is an American actor. Born on 28 May 1978, this profile follows Jake Johnson through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include New Girl (2011). The location trail reaches The Prince, The Biltmore Los Angeles and Vasquez Rocks. 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.
Peyton Reed ↗︎
Peyton Reed is an American film director. Born on 3 July 1964, this profile follows Peyton Reed through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include New Girl (2011) and Ant-Man (2015). The location trail reaches The Prince, The Biltmore Los Angeles and Vasquez Rocks, with existing stories in San Francisco. 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.
Damon Wayans Jr. ↗︎
Damon Wayans Jr. is an American actor and comedian. Born on 18 November 1982, this profile follows Damon Wayans Jr. through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include New Girl (2011). The location trail reaches The Prince, The Biltmore Los Angeles and Vasquez Rocks. 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.