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Where was Halt and Catch Fire filmed?

2014 TV show, directed by Juan J. Campanella and Karyn Kusama and Johan Renck and Ed Bianchi and Larysa Kondracki and Jon Amiel and Daisy von Scherler Mayer and Terry McDonough.

  • Silicon Valley

The story is set in Dallas, about 1,458 miles (2,347 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Dallas; San Francisco; Silicon Valley
Filmed in
Silicon Valley
Distance
About 1,458 miles (2,347 km) between Dallas and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 34 miles (54 km) between San Francisco and the nearest filming location.
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About Halt and Catch Fire

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First aired
2014
Directors
Juan J. CampanellaKaryn KusamaJohan RenckEd BianchiLarysa KondrackiJon AmielDaisy von Scherler MayerTerry McDonough
Cast
Lee PaceScoot McNairyMackenzie DavisKerry BishéToby HussScott Michael FosterGraham BeckelJohn GetzAnnette O'TooleAugust Emerson
Genre
DramaHistorical DramaLgbt-related

The series begins in 1983, just as IBM is cornering the personal computer market with the IBM PC.

Entrepreneur Joe MacMillan joins Cardiff Electric, a fictional Dallas-based mainframe software company, and has a vision of building a revolutionary computer to challenge IBM.

For the project, he enlists the help of computer engineer Gordon Clark and prodigy programmer Cameron Howe.

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