DreamWorks, Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!
(On location, Fayetteville)
Warner Bros., We
Are Marshall (on location, Huntington) 
John Sayles, Matewan
(on location, Thurmond)
Animals Spots,
Pennsylvannia Credit Union Commercial
(on location, Bethany)
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PRODUCTION
CREDITS — MADE IN WEST VIRGINIA
STORY CREDITS — PRODUCTIONS WITH WEST VIRGINIA
STORYLINES
FAMOUS WEST VIRGINIANS
PRODUCTION CREDITS — MADE IN WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia has a rich history of filmmaking that includes major motion
pictures, independent films, television programs, commercials, music videos,
and more. Just a partial list of productions that have mounted projects
in West Virginia are listed below.
2006, WE ARE MARSHALL, Warner Bros.
DIRECTOR: McG
CAST: Matthew McConaughey, David Strathairn, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie,
Ian McShane, Kate Mara, Arlen Escarpeta, Robert Patrick
LOCATIONS: Huntington (Cabell County), Ceredo (Wayne County)
2005, BUBBLE, Magnolia Pictures
DIRECTOR: Steven Soderberg
CAST: Debbie Doebereiner, Dustin James Ashley, Misty Wilkins, Decker Moody
LOCATIONS: Parkersburg (Wood County)
2003, WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON!, DreamWorks LLC
DIRECTOR: Robert Luketic
CAST: John Duhamel, Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes
LOCATIONS: Fayetteville (Fayette County), Grandview (Raleigh County),
along Kanawha River/London Locks (Kanawha County)
2002, GODS AND GENERALS, Turner Pictures/Warner Bros.
DIRECTOR: Ron Maxwell
CAST: Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang
LOCATIONS: Harpers Ferry, Charles Town, surrounding areas (Jefferson County)
2001, SEVEN TO MIDNIGHT, Sorry Dog Films
DIRECTOR: Scott Martin
CAST: Scott A. Martin, Stella Parton, Jim Meredith, Steve McMillion, Amy
Fleshman
LOCATIONS: Charleston (Kanawha County)
2001, CORRECT CHANGE, Down Home Films and Terra Entertainment
DIRECTOR: Mike Lilly
CAST: Russ McCubbin, Mollie Brown, Michael Martin, Jonah Lilly
LOCATIONS: Moundsville (Marshall County), Charleston (Kanawha County)
2000, AMERICA’S HEART AND SOUL, Walt Disney Pictures
DIRECTOR: Louis Schwartzberg
LOCATIONS: Weirton (Hancock County)
2000, MOTHMAN, Mr. Black Productions
DIRECTOR: Douglas TenNapel
CAST: Edward Schofield, Douglas Langdale, John Frederick Jones, Jill McLean
LOCATIONS: Point Pleasant (Mason County)
1997, WHATEVER, Sony Pictures Classics
DIRECTOR: Susan Skoog
CAST: Liza Weil, Chad Morgan, Frederic Forrest
LOCATIONS: Wheeling (Ohio County)
1997, PARDES, Eros International
DIRECTOR: Subhash Ghai
CAST: Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Mahima Chaudhry
LOCATIONS: New Vrindaban community, Palace of Gold (Marshall County)
1996, PRIMAL FEAR, Paramount Pictures
DIRECTOR: Gregory Hoblit
CAST: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand
LOCATIONS: Keystone (McDowell County)
1995, WHISPERS FROM SPACE
DIRECTOR: Ralph Coon
LOCATIONS: Weston (Lewis County)
1994, LASSIE, Paramount Pictures
DIRECTOR: Daniel Petrie
CAST: Tom Guiry, Helen Slater, Jon Tenney, Brittany Boyd, Frederic Forrest,
Richard Farnsworth
LOCATIONS: Sandstone Falls, Hinton (Summers County)
1994, THE ANTLER BOY
DIRECTOR: Tina Mascara
CAST: Dylan Hundley
LOCATIONS: Fairmont, Monongah (Marion County)
1992, SOMMERSBY, Warner Bros.
DIRECTOR: Jon Amiel
CAST: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones
LOCATIONS: opening winter scene, Snowshoe Mountain (Pocahontas County)
1991, THE TURNING, Leo Films/Phaedra Cinema
DIRECTOR: Lou Puopolo
CAST: Gillian Anderson, Karen Allen, Tess Harper
LOCATIONS: Bramwell (Mercer County)
1991, THE DANCING OUTLAW, Public Broadcasting
DIRECTOR: Jacob Young
CAST: Wattie Green, Dorsey White, Jerry White, Jesco White, Norma Jean
White
LOCATIONS: Boone County
1990, MOON OVER MIAMI (aka OFF AND RUNNING), Orion Pictures
DIRECTOR: Edward Bianchi
CAST: David Keith, Cyndi Lauper, Johnny Pinto
LOCATIONS: Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County)
1990, PARADISE PARK, Silver Lake International Pictures
DIRECTOR: Daniel Boyd
CAST: Larry Groce, Jeniphur Gurney, John McIntyre, Michael Martin, Jim
Wolfe, Gary Brown, Johnny PayCheck
LOCATIONS: Kanawha County
1989, STRANGEST DREAMS: INVASION OF THE SPACE PREACHERS,
Troma Films
DIRECTOR: Daniel Boyd
CAST: Jim Wolfe, Guy Nelson, Eliska Hahn, Gary Brown, Jesse Johnson, John
Riggs
LOCATIONS: Kanawha County
1987, CHILLERS, Troma Films
DIRECTOR: Daniel Boyd
CAST: Jesse Emery, Marjorie Fitzsimmons, Jonathan Wolf, Laurie Pennington
LOCATIONS: Kanawha County
1987, MATEWAN, Artisan Entertainment
DIRECTOR: John Sayles
CAST: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David
Strathairn
LOCATIONS: Thurmond, New River Gorge regions (Fayette County)
1985, SWEET DREAMS, TriStar Pictures
DIRECTOR: Karel Reisz
CAST: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, John Goodman
LOCATIONS: Martinsburg (Berkeley County)
1984, PUDD’NHEAD WILSON, Public Broadcasting
DIRECTOR: Alan Bridges
CAST: Lise Hilboldt, Ken Howard, James Pritchett
LOCATIONS: Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County)
1983, RECKLESS, MGM Entertainment
DIRECTOR: James Foley
CAST: Daryl Hannah, Aidan Qiunn
LOCATIONS: Weirton (Hancock County), Wheeling (Ohio County)
1978, THE DEER HUNTER, Universal Pictures
DIRECTOR: Michael Cimino
CAST: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl
Streep
LOCATIONS: Hancock and Brooke Counties
1975, THE HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS, ABC-TV
DIRECTOR: Clyde Ware
CAST: Jack Palance, Steve Forrest, Richard Hatch, James Keach, Robert
Carradine, Joe Estevez
LOCATIONS: southern counties
1973, WHEN THE LINE GOES THROUGH, All Seasons Video
DIRECTOR: Clyde Ware
CAST: Martin Sheen, Tillie Allen, Dick Barton, Vicki Carroll, Davey Davison
LOCATIONS: north central counties
1972, NO DRUMS, NO BUGLES, Cinerama Releasing
DIRECTOR: Clyde Ware
CAST: Martin Sheen, Davey Davison, Elaine Giftos
LOCATIONS: north central counties
1971, FOOLS’ PARADE, Columbia Pictures
DIRECTOR: Andrew V. McLaglen
WRITER: Davis Grubb (Moundsville, Marshall County native)
CAST: James Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter
LOCATIONS: Moundsville (Marshall County)
1969, THE RAIN PEOPLE, American Zoetrope and Warner
Bros.
DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola
CAST: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Shirley Knight
LOCATIONS: Clarksburg (Harrison County)
1964, TEEN-AGE STRANGLER, Ajay Film Company
DIRECTOR: Ben Parker
CAST: Bill Bloom, John Ensign, Rick Harris, Stacy Smith, Jim Asp, Mickey
Banga, John Humphries
LOCATIONS: Huntington (Cabell County)
1955, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, MGM
DIRECTOR: Charles Laughton
WRITER: Davis Grubb (Moundsville, Marshall County native)
CAST: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Peter
Graves
LOCATIONS: Moundsville (Marshall County), Sistersville (Tyler County),
New Martinsville (Wetzel)
1929, WEST VIRGINIA, THE STATE BEAUTIFUL
DIRECTOR: Ottis Rymer Snodgrass
LOCATIONS: Gauley Mountain (Kanawha County), Huntington (Cabell County),
Kenova (Wayne County)
1925, STAGE STRUCK, Paramount Pictures
DIRECTOR: Allan Dwan
CAST: Gloria Swanson, Lawrence Gray, Gertrude Astor
LOCATIONS: New Martinsville (Wetzel County)
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STORY CREDITS — PRODUCTIONS WITH WEST VIRGINIA
STORYLINES
Many studio and independent feature films and television productions
have featured West Virginia storylines, fictional and non-fictional, of
which a brief list is highlighted below.
2006, WE ARE MARSHALL, Warner Bros.
DIRECTOR: McG
CAST: Matthew McConaughey, David Strathairn, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie,
Ian McShane, Kate Mara, Arlen Escarpeta, Robert Patrick
WV FILMING LOCATIONS: Huntington (Cabell County), Ceredo (Wayne County)
STORYLINE: True story about the worst air tragedy in the history of collegiate
athletics, “We Are Marshall” documents the fateful night of November 14,
1970, when 75 members of the Marshall University football team, coaches,
university staff, community members, and flight crew were killed in a
plane crash while traveling back to Huntington after a game in North Carolina.
As those left behind struggled to cope with the devastating loss of their
loves ones, the grieving families found hope and strength in the leadership
of Jack Lengyel, a young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall’s
football program and, in the process, helped to heal a community.
2003, WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON!, DreamWorks LLC
DIRECTOR: Robert Luketic
CAST: John Duhamel, Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes
WV FILMING LOCATIONS: Fayetteville (Fayette County), Grandview (Raleigh
County), along Kanawha River/London Locks (Kanawha County)
STORYLINE: Fictional story set in the real town of Frazier’s Bottom (Putnam
County) — a small-town girl wins a date with a male celebrity through
a contest.
2002, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, Sony Pictures
DIRECTOR: Mark Pellington
CAST: Richard Gere, Debra Messing, Will Patton
STORYLINE: Set in the real town of Point Pleasant (Mason County) and based
on legendary accounts of strange events with ties to a moth-like creature.
2001, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, Universal Pictures
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
CAST: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Christopher Plummer
STORYLINE: Fact-based account on Bluefield, WV (Mercer County) native
John Nash, Jr., recipient of 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
1999, OCTOBER SKY, Universal Pictures
DIRECTOR: Joe Johnston
CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen
STORYLINE: Fact-based account on Coalwood, WV (McDowell County) native
and author Homer Hickam’s book “Rocket Boys”.
1998, PATCH ADAMS, Universal Pictures
DIRECTOR: Tom Shadyac
CAST: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman
STORYLINE: Fact-based account on Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams, a holistic
doctor who founded Gesundheit! Institute in Hillsboro, WV (Pocahontas
County).
1988, GOODBYE, MISS 4TH OF JULY (television motion picture)
DIRECTOR: George Miller
CAST: Louis Gossett, Jr., Chris Sarandon, Chynna Phillips, Conchata Ferrell
STORYLINE: Fictional drama set in a small WV town centering around a family
that takes a stand against racism.
1986, MATEWAN, Artisan Entertainment
DIRECTOR: John Sayles
CAST: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David
Strathairn
WV FILMING LOCATIONS: Filmed entirely in Thurmond and New River Gorge
regions (Fayette County)
STORYLINE: Fictionalized retelling of events that led up to a vicious
1920 battle between striking miners and union busting private detectives.
1986, ACT OF VENGEANCE, Warner Bros.
DIRECTOR: John Mackenzie
CAST: Charles Bronson, Ellen Burstyn
STORYLINE: Fact-based account on the corruption that occurred during the
United Mine Workers 1969 presidential elections.
1986, A KILLING AFFAIR, Hemdale Film Corporation
DIRECTOR: David Saperstein
CAST: Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover, Bill Smitrovich
STORYLINE: Fictional drama about a widow who takes in a drifter she believes
killed her husband.
1973-74, HAWKINS, CBS-TV series
DIRECTOR: Jeff Corey
CAST: James Stewart, Strother Martin
STORYLINE: The court cases of slow-talking West Virginia attorney Billy
Jim Hawkins (Stewart).
1955, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, MGM
DIRECTOR: Charles Laughton
CAST: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Peter
Graves
WRITER: Davis Grubb (Moundsville, Marshall County native)
WV FILMING LOCATIONS: Moundsville (Marshall County), Sistersville (Tyler
County), New Martinsville (Wetzel)
STORYLINE: Fictional drama based on the Davis Grubb novel — a false preacher
ingratiates himself with a dead man’s family to find where he hid the
money from a robbery.
1947, THE MILLERSON CASE, Columbia Pictures
DIRECTOR: George Archainbaud
CAST: Warner Baxter , Nancy Saunders, Clem Bevans, Griff Barnett
STORYLINE: Fictional drama (the 8th film of Columbia’s “Crime Doctor”
series) set in the Blue Ridge Mountains during a typhoid epidemic break-out.
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FAMOUS WEST VIRGINIANS
West Virginia is proud of its numerous citizens who have achieved great
success in the motion picture and television industries by becoming household
names at some point in their careers. The partial list below includes
individuals who were either born in West Virginia, grew up in West Virginia,
or currently reside in West Virginia. The listings do not indicate those
who are deceased.
Sara Alexander, Wheeling, Ohio County (silent film actress)
Tony Anthony, Clarksburg, Harrison County (motion picture
producer and actor)
Jodi Applegate, Wheeling, Ohio County (broadcast journalist)
Karen Austin, Welch, McDowell County (television actress)
Walter “Piggy” Barnes, Parkersburg, Wood County (television
actor)
Charlie Barnett, Bluefield, Mercer County (motion picture
and television actor)
Robert V. Barron, Charleston, Kanawha County (director,
actor, screenwriter)
Lina Basquette, Wheeling, Ohio County (silent film actress)
Pamela Tanner Boll, Parkersburg, Wood County (Oscar-winning
motion picture producer)
John Bradford (real name, Charles Coleman, Jr.),
Pratt, Kanawha County (motion picture actor)
Jean Carson, Charleston, Kanawha County (television actress)
Bernie Casey, Wyco, Wyoming County (motion picture and
television actor, director, producer)
Ted Cassidy, Philippi, Barbour County (television actor)
Joe Chrest, St. Albans, Kanawha County (motion picture
and television actor)
John Corbett, Wheeling, Ohio County (Emmy- and Golden
Globe-nominated motion picture and television actor)
Dagmar (real name, Virginia Ruth Egnor),
Huntington, Cabell County (television actress)
Bob Denver, Princeton, Mercer County (television actor)
Joyce DeWitt, Wheeling, Ohio County (television actress)
Paul Dooley, Parkersburg, Wood County (Emmy-nominated
motion picture and television actor)
Brad Dourif, Huntington, Cabell County (Oscar-nominated
and Golden Globe-winning motion picture and television actor)
Joanne Dru, Logan, Logan County (motion picture actress)
Conchata Ferrell, Charleston, Kanawha County (Emmy-nominated
motion picture and television actress)
Joe Fusco, Morgantown, Monongalia County (motion picture,
television, and theatre actor)
Jennifer Garner, Charleston, Kanawha County (Golden Globe-winning
and Emmy-nominated motion picture and television actress)
Rob Garrison, Wheeling, Ohio County (motion picture and
television actor)
Steve Harvey, Welch, McDowell County (comedian and television
actor)
John Hendricks, Matewan, Mingo County (founder of The
Discovery Channel)
Lawrence Kasdan, Morgantown, Monongalia County (multiple
Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated motion picture director, producer, and
screenwriter)
Lesli Kay, Charleston, Kanawha County (television actress)
Don Knotts, Morgantown, Monongalia County (multiple Emmy-winning
motion picture and television actor)
Pare Lorentz, Clarksburg, Harrison County (motion picture
director and producer)
Ann Magnuson, Charleston, Kanawha County (motion picture
and television actress)
Patrick Markey (Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated motion
picture and television producer)
Peter Marshall, Huntington, Cabell County (Emmy-nominated
television game show host)
Kathy Mattea, Cross Lanes, Kanawha County (Grammy-winning
musician and motion picture and television actress)
Russ McCubbin, Charleston, Kanawha County (motion picture
and television actor)
Mayf Nutter, Jane Lew, Lewis County (television actor,
singer, songwriter)
Devon Odessa, Parkersburg, Wood County (television actress)
Johnny Olson, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County (television
game show announcer)
Brad Paisley, Glen Dale, Marshall County (Grammy-nominated
musician and actor)
Ed Rabel, St. Albans, Kanawha County (television news
correspondent)
Allie Raye, Parkersburg, Wood County (producer, screenwriter,
motion picture, and television actress)
Soupy Sales, Huntington, Cabell County (comedian and
motion picture and television actor)
Chris Sarandon, Beckley, Raleigh County (Oscar- and Golden
Globe-nominated motion picture actor)
David Selby, Morgantown, Monongalia County (motion picture
and television actor)
Michael W. Smith, Kenova, Wayne County (motion picture
actor and musician)
Morgan Spurlock, Beckley, Raleigh County (Oscar-nominated
motion picture director and television producer)
Robert Tinnell, Fairmont, Marion County (motion picture
director)
Sam Trammell, Charleston, Kanawha County (motion picture
and theatre actor)
Clyde Ware, West Union, Doddridge County (motion picture
director and screenwriter)
John Wells, Charleston, Kanawha County (television producer)
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