The Ecuador Film Industry, though not at par with internationally recognized film industries like Hollywood or Bollywood, has grown considerably over the past decade considerably. Today, not only indigenous movies, but also foreign films are shot in Ecuador Film Studios. The reason for choosing Ecuador as the shooting location is simple, the landscape is picturesque many Ecuador Studios have developed over the years. These studios provide shooting locales for reasonable prices and excellent services.
The name of a few successful Ecuador films and documentaries, shot either entirely or partially in Ecuador:
- Animal World
- Aquanauts, The
- Historier fra verden
- In the Wild
- The Life of Birds
- Life on Earth
- Lonely Planet
- Madventures
- Maximum Exposure
- Nazca
- Los Sangurimas
- Scientific American Frontiers
- Todo sobre Camila
- Tutkimusmatkailijat
- Adventures of the Quest: Dragons & Giants
- Amigomío
- Aquí soy José
- Baraka
- Die Besteigung des Chimborazo
- Clear and Present Danger
- Como enfriar a mi marido
- Crónicas
- Darwin Adventure
- Derecho de los pobres
- Deus é um Fogo
- Doorway to the Gods
- Ecuador
- En la mitad del mundo
- Fiebre de juventud
- Fighter
- Galapagos: My Fragile World
- Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage
- Maria Full of Grace
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Old Man and the Sea
- Orphan's Gift
- Pack Strap Swallow
- Perfil de un gallo
- Problemas personales
- Proof of Life
- Quiero volver
- Qué tan lejos
- Racers of a Distant Dream
- Salasaca: Las huellas de un pasado
- Savage Gold
- SOS Conspiracion Bikini
- Spurs of Tango
- Streams of Gold
- Trail of the Hunter (1963)
- Vanessa
- Vibes
The following is a list of Ecuador Film Studios:
- Film Ecuador Studio
- Roberto Aguirre Urbano
- Blu Media
- Vida Inteligente Films
- Grafex
- Dominio Digital
- Hangar Film Cine Y TV Cia. Ltda
- Cinema Electronika
- BlackBox Studio
The Ecuador Film Studios are interesting and are fast advancing to meet up to the parameters of internationally acclaimed studios. Both features films and television films are being shot in these film studios. Some of the Ecuador Film Studios are open air studios which means that parts of Galapagos islands and rain forests have been reserved as studios.
