Filming
When did principal photography begin?
All Is Lost
Principal photography began in mid-2012 at Baja Studios in Rosarito Beach in Mexico. Baja Studios was originally built for the 1997 film "Titanic". Filming took place for two months in the location's water tank. At a press conference after the film's screening at Cannes 2013, Redford revealed that his ear was damaged during the production. Being filmed on the water and largely within the confines of a sailboat and liferaft, the film was technically difficult. It joined ranks with other water-plagued films: Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat"; Roman Polanski's "Knife in the Water"; Kevin Costner's "Waterworld"; James Cameron's "Titanic"; Robert Zemeckis's "Cast Away" and Stephen Spielberg's "Jaws".