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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaLearn how to get a permit, have a festival, hold an event, are just play the banjo.
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Permits-Filming
Find out more about the rules and regulations, learn what documents you need to get filming and photography permits, and download tips for filming in a national park service site. Go to Other Sites and Agencies to find out who administers the sites in the Santa Monica Mountains and click on Locations Photos to find out where the sites are located and what they look like.
Watch the credits a the end of a film and you may discover how often national parks are used by the movie industry.  

Did You Know?
Unique vistas and cultural significance often draw filmmakers to National Parks. Paramount Ranch is the only place in the National Park System where you can see movie making in action at a historic movie ranch once owned by Paramount Pictures (1927).

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Last Updated: September 15, 2006 at 19:57 EST