Life and work
James Newton Howard is an American composer and music producer. Born: 9 June 1951. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Musician · 1951–
James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard is an American composer and music producer. Born on 9 June 1951, this profile follows James Newton Howard through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Pretty Woman (1990), Falling Down (1993), The Fugitive (1993) and ER (1994). The location trail reaches Beverly Wilshire, Ambassador Hotel — former site and Oviatt Building · Cicada, with existing stories in Chicago. 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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Pretty Woman · Beverly Wilshire
James Newton Howard is credited as composer on Pretty Woman. The work’s existing location story leads to Beverly Wilshire. The Beverly Wilshire anchors Edward’s hotel stay on screen. Much of the suite action was filmed elsewhere, so a booking does not put you inside the movie’s room.
Pretty Woman — credits ↗︎Beverly Wilshire Hotel ↗︎Pretty Woman · Beverly Wilshire ↗︎
Falling Down · Santa Monica Pier
James Newton Howard is credited as composer on Falling Down. The work’s existing location story leads to Santa Monica Pier. Santa Monica Pier is documented as a location associated with Falling Down (1993). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
The Fugitive · Mr. Beef
James Newton Howard is credited as composer on The Fugitive. The work’s existing location story leads to Mr. Beef. Mr. Beef is included for city orientation. The available citation supports The Fugitive’s broader Chicago connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
ER · The Biltmore Los Angeles
James Newton Howard is credited as composer on ER. The work’s existing location story leads to The Biltmore Los Angeles. The Biltmore Los Angeles is documented as a location associated with ER (1994). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 31 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Beverly Wilshire ↗︎
Filming location · the hotel exterior
The Beverly Wilshire anchors Edward’s hotel stay on screen. Much of the suite action was filmed elsewhere, so a booking does not put you inside the movie’s room.
9500 Wilshire Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎The Biltmore Los Angeles ↗︎
A television connection
The Biltmore Los Angeles is documented as a location associated with ER (1994). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
506 S Grand Avenue
Open street map ↗︎Santa Monica Pier ↗︎
A screen location
Santa Monica Pier is documented as a location associated with Falling Down (1993). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
200 Santa Monica Pier
Open street map ↗︎Former Linda Vista Hospital ↗︎
A television connection
Former Linda Vista Hospital is documented as a location associated with ER (1994). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
610 S St Louis Street
Open street map ↗︎Oviatt Building · Cicada ↗︎
Filming location · the restaurant scene
The Oviatt’s restaurant, then Rex II and now Cicada, is where Vivian struggles with escargots. Its Art Deco setting brings a different kind of glamour to the film.
617 S Olive Street
Open street map ↗︎Ambassador Hotel — former site ↗︎
The former location
The former Ambassador Hotel was used for Pretty Woman. The hotel has been demolished; this record marks the former site, not a surviving set or visitor attraction.
3400 Wilshire Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎Walt Disney Concert Hall ↗︎
Collateral
The hall is visible during the early taxi journey through downtown.
111 S Grand Avenue
Open street map ↗︎Chapman Market ↗︎
Filming location · Fever exterior
Chapman Market supplies the exterior for the nightclub Fever. The large club interior was built separately, rather than filmed inside a restaurant you can visit here.
3465 W 6th Street, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎El Compadre ↗︎
Filming location · the dinner negotiation
The Hollywood El Compadre becomes Cabanita, where Lou meets Nina for dinner. The restaurant’s warm interior holds one of the film’s most uncomfortable negotiations.
7408 W Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎Gas Company Tower ↗︎
Filming location · Annie’s arrival
Annie is dropped at the Gas Company Tower early in Max’s shift. The office frontage establishes downtown’s after-hours world.
555 W 5th Street, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎KTLA at Sunset Bronson Studios ↗︎
Filming location · KWLA exterior
KTLA’s Sunset Boulevard frontage supplies the fictional station’s exterior. The newsroom interiors were filmed at the former KCET facility, a different site.
5800 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎Los Angeles International Airport ↗︎
Filming location · Vincent arrives
LAX introduces Vincent at the start of the film. This reference marks the airport as a whole, not a guaranteed surviving terminal camera position.
1 World Way, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎Ocean Front Walk ↗︎
Filming location · the bicycle theft
Lou steals a bicycle along Ocean Front Walk. The production filmed north of Windward Avenue; the image is a wider boardwalk view rather than an exact shot match.
Ocean Front Walk, Venice, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎Place de l'Estrapade ↗︎
Emily Cooper's Place de l'Estrapade home
Paris's official tourism office identifies Place de l'Estrapade in the 5th arrondissement as the exterior setting for Emily's fictional apartment. The square is real; the interior and the character's exact flat are part of the series' constructed world.
Place de l'Estrapade, 75005 Paris
Open street map ↗︎Jardin du Palais-Royal ↗︎
Emily's Palais Royal garden route
The official Paris itinerary places Emily in the Palais Royal gardens, where the arcades and formal planting become part of the series' polished fashion-and-work geography.
Place Colette, 75001 Paris
Open street map ↗︎Pont Alexandre III ↗︎
Emily's Pont Alexandre III glamour geography
The official Paris itinerary includes Pont Alexandre III among Emily in Paris's recognisable locations, where the bridge's Beaux-Arts ornament becomes part of the series' heightened city portrait.
Pont Alexandre III, 75008 Paris
Open street map ↗︎Musée de l'Homme / Palais de Chaillot ↗︎
Café de l'Homme frames Emily's elevated Paris
Paris's official Emily in Paris event guide identifies Café de l'Homme, within the Musée de l'Homme at the Palais de Chaillot, as a series setting. This account distinguishes the real museum complex from the show's fictionalised social scene.
17 place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75016 Paris
Open street map ↗︎Daley Plaza ↗︎
The Dark Knight — Chicago — Daley Plaza
Daley Plaza is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
ER — Daley Plaza
Daley Plaza is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
50 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Open street map ↗︎Chicago Union Station ↗︎
The Dark Knight — Chicago — Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
ER — Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
My Best Friend’s Wedding — Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station is included for city orientation. The available citation supports My Best Friend’s Wedding’s broader Chicago connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
225 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60606
Open street map ↗︎Willis Tower ↗︎
The Dark Knight — Chicago — Willis Tower
Willis Tower is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
ER — Willis Tower
Willis Tower is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
233 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606
Open street map ↗︎Marina City ↗︎
The Dark Knight — Chicago — Marina City
Marina City is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
ER — Marina City
Marina City is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
300 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654
Open street map ↗︎Lower Wacker Drive ↗︎
The Dark Knight — Chicago — Lower Wacker Drive
Lower Wacker Drive is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
ER — Lower Wacker Drive
Lower Wacker Drive is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Lower Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL
Open street map ↗︎Mr. Beef ↗︎
The Fugitive — Mr. Beef
Mr. Beef is included for city orientation. The available citation supports The Fugitive’s broader Chicago connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
666 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60654
Open street map ↗︎DuSable Bridge ↗︎
My Best Friend’s Wedding — DuSable Bridge
DuSable Bridge is included for city orientation. The available citation supports My Best Friend’s Wedding’s broader Chicago connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Michigan Ave at the Chicago River, Chicago, IL
Open street map ↗︎Chicago City Hall ↗︎
The Fugitive — Chicago City Hall
Chicago City Hall is included for city orientation. The available citation supports The Fugitive’s broader Chicago connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
121 N LaSalle St, Chicago, IL 60602
Open street map ↗︎Vittum Theater ↗︎
The Fugitive — Vittum Theater
Vittum Theater is included as verified theatre context for exploring The Fugitive. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
1400 West Augusta Boulevard Chicago
Open street map ↗︎West Ridge Redbox Building ↗︎
The Fugitive — West Ridge Redbox Building
West Ridge Redbox Building is included as verified theatre context for exploring The Fugitive. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
7551 North Oakley Avenue Chicago
Open street map ↗︎Windy City Music Theatre ↗︎
The Fugitive — Windy City Music Theatre
Windy City Music Theatre is included as verified theatre context for exploring The Fugitive. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
4766 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago
Open street map ↗︎Art of Imagination ↗︎
My Best Friend’s Wedding — Art of Imagination
Art of Imagination is included as verified arts centre context for exploring My Best Friend’s Wedding. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
1829 South Halsted Street Chicago
Open street map ↗︎Art West Chicago ↗︎
My Best Friend’s Wedding — Art West Chicago
Art West Chicago is included as verified arts centre context for exploring My Best Friend’s Wedding. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
750 South California Avenue Chicago
Open street map ↗︎Bert Green Fine Art ↗︎
My Best Friend’s Wedding — Bert Green Fine Art
Bert Green Fine Art is included as verified arts centre context for exploring My Best Friend’s Wedding. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
8 South Michigan Avenue Chicago
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1951-06-09
Born 9 June 1951
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Pretty Woman ↗︎
Garry Marshall
Falling Down
Joel Schumacher
The Fugitive ↗︎
The Fugitive
ER
Michael Crichton
ER ↗︎
ER
My Best Friend’s Wedding ↗︎
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Collateral ↗︎
Michael Mann
The Dark Knight — Chicago ↗︎
The Dark Knight — Chicago
Nightcrawler ↗︎
Dan Gilroy
Emily in Paris ↗︎
Emily in Paris
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.
Paris ↗︎
Rooftops, café windows and the river between scenes. An invitation to wander beyond the frame.
Chicago ↗︎
Loop canyons, neighbourhood kitchens, record rooms and the streets that taught cinema how to move.
Collateral ↗︎
Airport arrivals, a downtown office tower and Koreatown’s courtyard architecture chart a night that will not stay ordinary.
Nightcrawler ↗︎
Venice daylight, a television frontage and a Hollywood restaurant reveal the working geography behind Lou Bloom’s night.
My Best Friend’s Wedding ↗︎
Hotels, river architecture and dining rooms give the comedy a polished downtown itinerary with neighbourhood counterpoints.
Pretty Woman ↗︎
Makeover: a shopping trip up Rodeo Drive, bags and all.
Emily in Paris ↗︎
The feed: like a post and it turns over to the real place, from a Latin Quarter bakery to a keyhole in Rome.
The Dark Knight ↗︎
Signal: swing a searchlight across the real Chicago buildings that played Gotham, open the frame to IMAX, flip Dent’s coin between Chicago and the far side.
ER ↗︎
Triage: tag each scene Chicago, Burbank or elsewhere and the real place answers; hold the cast’s films to a lightbox, then put Ambush on air twice.
The Fugitive ↗︎
Radius: wind the clock from the wreck and Gerard’s ring widens at four miles an hour round the real wreck at Dillsboro, reaching Sylva, Cheoah and, days later, Chicago; roll the camera once for the real train derailed in a single take.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Javier Bardem ↗︎
Javier Bardem is a Spanish actor. Born on 1 March 1969, this profile follows Javier Bardem through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Collateral (2004), Eat Pray Love (2010) and Skyfall. The location trail reaches Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles International Airport and Gas Company Tower, with existing stories in Rome and 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.
Morgan Freeman ↗︎
Morgan Freeman is an American actor and producer. Born on 1 June 1937, this profile follows Morgan Freeman through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Se7en (1995), Bruce Almighty (2003), The Dark Knight — Chicago (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). The location trail reaches Alexandria Hotel, Oviatt Building · Cicada and Lower Wacker Drive, with existing stories in Chicago. 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.
Gary Oldman ↗︎
Gary Oldman is a British actor and filmmaker. Born on 21 March 1958, this profile follows Gary Oldman through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Dark Knight — Chicago (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Mank (2020). The location trail reaches Lower Wacker Drive, Daley Plaza and Willis Tower, with existing stories in Chicago. 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.
Julianne Moore ↗︎
Julianne Moore is a British-American actress and author. Born on 3 December 1960, this profile follows Julianne Moore through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Fugitive (1993), Boogie Nights (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998) and Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011). The location trail reaches Mr. Beef, Chicago City Hall and Vittum Theater, with existing stories in Chicago. 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.
Heath Ledger ↗︎
Heath Ledger was an Australian actor. Born on 4 April 1979, this profile follows Heath Ledger through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Lords of Dogtown (2005) and The Dark Knight — Chicago (2008). The location trail reaches Ocean Front Walk, Chez Jay and Lower Wacker Drive, with existing stories in Chicago. 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.
Cameron Diaz ↗︎
Cameron Diaz is an American actress and model. Born on 30 August 1972, this profile follows Cameron Diaz through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Mask (1994), My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) and Charlie’s Angels (2000). The location trail reaches The MacArthur · Park Plaza, DuSable Bridge and Chicago Union Station, with existing stories in Chicago. 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.