Building 1
This building was originally the Executive Building (before the new HQ building was constructed) and is now known as the Bochco Building, named after Steven Bochco (creator, exec.producer & writer of NYPD Blue and Doogie Howser M.D. amongst others)
Building 22
Building 29
Used for post-production, this complex of facilities was originally Stages 3 and 4.
Building 32
Vaults
Building 41
This is the oldest building on the lot, and was originally the stables for Tom Mix’s horses.
Before the studio was constructed, the whole area was dirt / grass, with the stable block in the middle of it, and Tom Mix’s house in the corner.
Building 52 – Hall of Music
Gloriously atmospheric Romanesque courtyard with a fountain, designed to inspire musicians to create great works.
Seen on Screen: Fox Studios [Hall_of_Music]
| Title | Released | Director | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Family [TV Series] | 2009 - | Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd |  |
| Stage 05 at Fox Studios. Various locations around the studio lot were also featured, including the Hall of Music. | |||
Building 80 The Old Writers’ Building
The building was featured in various movies and TV shows.
It features as a restaurant exterior in X Files (episode En Ami).
Steven Bochco had an office in the building, along with many other writers working on Fox TV shows.
Building 86 The Stars Building
This building used to house offices for Fred Astaire and Tyrone Power, and the room with the circular window on the ground floor was Marilyn Monroe’s dressing room.
The building has appeared regularly in Charlie’s Angels, as well as Peyton Place, X Files etc.
Commissary
The Commissary at Fox Studios is believed to be the oldest unchanged studio commissary still in existence.
It was originally called the Cafe de Paris as it was built on the site of one of the semi-permanent sets, a French restaurant.
The star-studded mural featuring Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter and Will Rogers was unveiled in 1935 and can still be seen to this day. Shirley Temple was added to the design a few years later. The art deco style of the building is delightful.
The original studio layout had a circular driveway leading to the commissary. When Darryl F. Zanuck took over the studio in 1935, he brought his own chef with him, who formerly ran a deli in New York.
Although the commissary is not open to the public, it has been seen in many Fox movies and TV shows over the years.
Fox Plaza (1987 – present)
– 492 feet high (150m)
– 34 floors
– Architects: Scott Johnson, Bill Fain, William L.Pereira.
– Owned by The Irvine Company [Building website]
Seen on Screen: Fox Studios [Fox_Plaza]
| Title | Released | Director | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die Hard [Feature Film] | 1988 | John McTiernan | |
| Stage 15 (the party scene on the 30th floor was filmed on the soundstage as the set as designed was too large to construct inside the tower) | |||
| The newly-completed Fox Plaza building (which overlooks the studio lot) featured in exterior shots as Nakatomi Plaza. Scenes of destruction were accomplished using scale models. Many sequences were actually filmed on the vacant (and still under-construction) 33rd & 34th floors, with additional breakaway walls for stunt purposes. | |||
| Airheads [Feature Film] | 1994 | Michael Lehmann | |
| Fox Plaza features as the office building | |||
| Speed [Feature Film] | 1994 | Jan de Bont | |
| Fox Plaza is featured. Some interiors shot on Stage 14. | |||
Newman Scoring Stage
Wardrobe Department
