Brad Pitt stars as Sonny Hayes, a retired Formula One driver lured back to the sport to mentor a young prodigy on the struggling APXGP team. Shot across 137 days during real F1 race weekends using a custom Sony prototype cinema camera built to withstand 200mph speeds, the production embedded within the actual paddock and grid to capture authentic racing at an unprecedented scale.
F1
Production Details
Joseph Kosinski
Claudio Miranda
Mark Tildesley
Hans Zimmer
135 minutes
Action Drama Sport
Silverstone Circuit, UK, Hungaroring, Hungary, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Monza, Italy, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Zandvoort, Netherlands, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, USA, Las Vegas Street Circuit, USA, Suzuka, Japan, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Daytona International Speedway, USA
$200–300 million
$633 million
Resources // 12 sources
Inside the F1 The Movie Table Read — Behind the Scenes
Cinematographer of F1 Movie Tells The Truth
Go Behind the Scenes as Brad Pitt Drives Lando Norris' F1 Car in Austin
Cinematographer Claudio Miranda Talks Brad Pitt and F1: The Movie
On the Fast Track for F1: The Movie
Custom Solutions Behind the Cinematography of F1 The Movie
Go Behind the Scenes of F1 the Movie
Discover the Sony Prototype Camera That Made F1: The Movie a Reality
DP Claudio Miranda Breaks Down the Extreme Lengths He Went to for F1
How the F1 Movie Filmed Its Thrilling Car Sequences
Making of F1: The Movie with Brad Pitt and Damson Idris
Behind the Scenes: The Cutting-Edge Cinematography of the F1 Movie