The film covers the period of previews leading to the play 's opening , and with a brief exception appears as if filmed in a single shot , an idea Iñárritu had from the film 's conception . Emmanuel Lubezki , who won the Academy Award for his cinematography in '' Birdman '' , believed that the recording time necessary for the long take approach taken in '' Birdman '' could not have been made with older technology . The film was shot in New York City during the spring of 2013 with a budget of $ 16.5 million jointly financed by Fox Searchlight Pictures , New Regency Pictures and Worldview Entertainment . It premiered the following year in August where it opened the 71st Venice International Film Festival
71st Venice International Film Festival
71st Venice International Film Festival
Birdman (film)