Pixar’s Oscar-winning undersea adventure was made at the studio in Emeryville, California, with a reef world modelled on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
Where was Finding Nemo made?
Finding Nemo is a computer-animated Pixar film, made at the studio in Emeryville, California – not filmed underwater. Its reef world was modelled on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
How Finding Nemo was made
The studio – Emeryville
Pixar animated the film at its campus in Emeryville, California.
Computer animation
The ocean, coral and fish were built and rendered digitally – no live cameras.
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Stanton and the team studied marine biology and even took scuba lessons to get the reef right.
Inspired by the Great Barrier Reef
The story runs from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to Sydney Harbour.
Where you can go instead
The reef is real: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, and Sydney Harbour where much of the chase unfolds, are both places you can genuinely visit.
