Venue Information

Movie theater in Los Angeles, California

Sleek theater on the UCLA campus with state-of-the-art screening equipment for various film formats.

The UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media’s main screening location is the state-of-the-art James Bridges Theater, an elegant, comfortable venue that supports media presentations in a wide variety of film and video formats.

Named in honor of the late two-time Academy Award nominee James Bridges, director and writer of The China Syndrome, the theater became one of Southern California’s outstanding screening locales thanks to the generous support of the filmmaker’s partner, actor Jack Larson, and the Bridges/Larson Foundation.

Available for rental and located adjacent to the elegant Broad Art Complex and renowned Murphy Sculpture Garden on the UCLA campus, the 278-seat theater boasts a large lobby that is ideal for receptions. MGM, The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, The Americ ...