Where was The Dictator filmed?
The Dictator was filmed in the United States and Spain. We hold 16 confirmed locations, including Villard Mansion, Palacio Español and United Nations Headquarters. 10 of them are open to visitors.
On screen: Presidential Palace of Wadiya is Palacio Español, Seville, Free Earth Collective store is 7 West 30th Street, New York, Free Earth Collective rooftop farm is Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, Brooklyn and Little Wadiya is Marcy Avenue station, Brooklyn.
Travel atlas: United States · Spain
Locations
16
Countries
2
You can visit
10 of 16
- Villard MansionNew York · United StatesAladeen's bedroom
- United Nations HeadquartersNew York · United StatesProtests outside the UN
Palacio EspañolSeville · SpainPresidential palace exterior · as Presidential Palace of Wadiya- Eastern NightsAstoria · United StatesFake restaurant with gruesome sign · as Death to Aladeen restaurant
- Grumman StudiosBethpage · United StatesUN General Assembly set · as UN General Assembly
- Eagle Street Rooftop FarmBrooklyn · United StatesRooftop farm · as Free Earth Collective rooftop farm
- Marcy Avenue stationBrooklyn · United StatesSubway to Little Wadiya · as Little Wadiya
- 390 Kent AvenueBrooklyn · United StatesFake police station · as NYPD station
- East Shoreham Nuclear Power PlantEast Shoreham · United StatesWeapons facility interior · as Weapons development centre
7 West 30th StreetNew York · United StatesFree Earth Collective store · as Free Earth Collective store- Apple StoreNew York · United StatesOfficer found working at the store
Roosevelt HotelNew York · United StatesLancaster Hotel · as Lancaster Hotel- Mount Moriah Baptist ChurchNew York · United StatesFuneral chapel for the beard · as Watkins Funeral Chapel
- West 30th Street HeliportNew York · United StatesHelicopter scouting flight · as Gotham Helicopters
- Queensboro BridgeNew York · United StatesGloomy threat from the bridge
Plaza de EspañaSeville · SpainCrowd scenes by the canal
Common questions
Where was The Dictator filmed?
The Dictator was filmed in the United States and Spain. We hold 16 confirmed locations, including Villard Mansion, Palacio Español and United Nations Headquarters. 10 of them are open to visitors. On screen: Presidential Palace of Wadiya is Palacio Español, Seville, Free Earth Collective store is 7 West 30th Street, New York, Free Earth Collective rooftop farm is Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, Brooklyn and Little Wadiya is Marcy Avenue station, Brooklyn.
Can you visit the Dictator filming locations?
10 of the 16 locations are open to visitors. The rest are private homes, working studios or restricted sites — each page says which.
How many Dictator filming locations are there?
We hold 16 confirmed locations across 2 countries.
Take the whole Dictator map with you.
Venture puts every one of these on a single map and sorts them by how far you are from each. It also tells you what else was filmed nearby — often something you would never have looked up.
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