About Filoli
Located just 20 minutes south of San Francisco International Airport, Filoli is recognized as one of the finest remaining country estates of the early 20th century. Built between 1915 and 1917 and set against the dramatic backdrop of the Northern Santa Cruz Mountains, Filoli is an excellent example of the Golden Age of American garden design and country house architecture. A National Trust for Historic Preservation site, Filoli provides filmmakers and photographers a wide variety of venues.
Filoli on Film
Filoli has provided a memorable location for a variety of motion picture, television, and commercial productions.
Commercials and Catalogue Shoots
- Estée Lauder
- Burger King
- The RealReal
- Fast Company Magazine
- Shutterfly
- Tea Collection
- Brunschweig et Fils’
- Lincoln Mercury
- Macy’s
- Restoration Hardware
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Southwest Airlines
- Target
- Vanderbyl Furniture
- Volvo
- Williams-Sonoma
Movies and Television
| Heaven Can Wait (Movie) | 1978 | Warren Beatty, James Mason, Julie Christie, Dyan Cannon |
| Dynasty (TV Pilot) | 1981-89 | John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Joan Collins |
| Starman (TV) | 1986-87 | Robert Hays |
| Bay Area Backroads (TV) | 1985 | |
| An Inconvenient Woman (TV) | 1991 | Jason Robards, Jill Eikenberry, Rebecca De Mornay |
| Shadow of a Doubt (TV Movie) | 1991 | Mark Harmon, Margaret Welsh, Norm Skaggs |
| Dying Young (Movie) | 1991 | Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D’Onofrio |
| The Joy Luck Club (Movie) | 1993 | Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh |
| Bob Villa’s Historic Houses of America (TV) | 1995 | |
| Nash Bridges (TV) | 1996-2001 | Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe |
| Lolita (Movie) | 1997 | Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith |
| America’s Castles: Garden Estates (TV) | 1997 | |
| The Game (Movie) | 1997 | Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn |
| George of the Jungle (Movie) | 1997 | Brandan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden |
| What Dreams May Come (Movie) | 1998 | Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra |
| Stigmata (Movie) | 1999 | Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce |
| The Wedding Planner (Movie) | 2001 | Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras |
| Rent (Movie) | 2005 | Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson, Idina Menzel |
| The Master (Movie) | 2012 | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams |
Other Television Spots
- In Wine Country (KNBC)
- Rebecca’s Garden (HGTV)
- Henry’s Garden (KRON)
- The Dirt on Gardening (DIY Network)
- Gardening by the Yard (HGTV)
- Smart Gardening (PBS)
- P. Allen Smith