<P> Principal photography on the film began on November 2 , 2016 , in Los Angeles , California . After Los Angeles , production moved to New Zealand for two weeks . Tobias A. Schliessler was the film 's cinematographer , Naomi Shohan its production designer , Paco Delgado its costume designer , and Rich McBride its visual effects supervisor . During production , DuVernay asked McBride to be as flexible as possible on visual effects sequences to allow her to make changes and incorporate new ideas during shooting . </P>
when did a wrinkle in time start filming
November 2 , 2016