United Pacific Studios operated out of a studio at 4th and Hewitt streets in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles. The company moved out of the space this summer, neighbors say.

This was no ‘Argo’: FBI-connected studio in Calderon sting made real films

United Pacific Studios worked out of a nondescript, white-colored low-rise warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, offering a cavernous space for film shoots. Among Hollywood types, the studio space was known as a low-budget place for martial arts flicks or network shows.  The studio was also an apparent cover for an FBI sting. Located steps from the condo conversions and trendy cafes of the Arts District, United Pacific Studios served as a film set and an assumed front for the federal government’s probe of state Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello.