Life and work
Rene Russo is an American actress and model. Born: 17 February 1954. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Actor · 1954–
Rene Russo
Rene Russo is an American actress and model. Born on 17 February 1954, this profile follows Rene Russo through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Ocean Front Walk and KTLA at Sunset Bronson Studios. 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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In the Line of Fire · Westin Bonaventure Hotel
Rene Russo is credited as cast member on In the Line of Fire. The work’s existing location story leads to Westin Bonaventure Hotel. Westin Bonaventure Hotel is documented as a location associated with In the Line of Fire (1993). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
Nightcrawler · Ocean Front Walk
Rene Russo is credited as cast member on Nightcrawler. The work’s existing location story leads to Ocean Front Walk. 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.
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.
Westin Bonaventure Hotel ↗︎
A screen location
Westin Bonaventure Hotel is documented as a location associated with In the Line of Fire (1993). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
404 S Figueroa Street
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 ↗︎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 ↗︎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 ↗︎IN THE STORY1954-02-17
Born 17 February 1954
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
In the Line of Fire
Wolfgang Petersen
Nightcrawler ↗︎
Dan Gilroy
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.
Nightcrawler ↗︎
Venice daylight, a television frontage and a Hollywood restaurant reveal the working geography behind Lou Bloom’s night.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Jake Gyllenhaal ↗︎
Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor. Born on 19 December 1980, this profile follows Jake Gyllenhaal through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Zodiac (2007) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Capitol Records Building, Transamerica Pyramid and Union Square, 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.
John Malkovich ↗︎
John Malkovich is an American actor. Born on 9 December 1953, this profile follows John Malkovich through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993), Ripley (2024) and the New Look. The location trail reaches Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Castel Sant’Angelo and Porta Portese, with existing stories in Rome and Paris. 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.
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.
Wolfgang Petersen ↗︎
Wolfgang Petersen was a German film director. Born on 14 March 1941, this profile follows Wolfgang Petersen through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993). The location trail reaches 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.
Fred Thompson ↗︎
Fred Thompson was an American politician and actor. Born on 19 August 1942, this profile follows Fred Thompson through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993). The location trail reaches 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.