Adding Filmography credits

Credits can be contributed to either a name page or title page, but once approved are the exact same (i.e. they will be linked to both the name, and title page).

The guidance is:

• If you're adding a single credit, submit via either a name or title page.
• If you're submitting more than 1 credit to a title, submit them from the title page.
• If you're submitting more than 1 credit to a person, submit them from the name page.

The process is similar between the two methods, with slight visual changes.

Depending on where you're submitting your credit from, you'll either need to find the person or title to complete the pair.

Added via Name page (need to find the title)	Added via Title page (need to find the name)

Choose where you're adding the credit from for more information:

If you're submitting a Cast credit, you'll have the option to include some more information:

• Character - The character played by the cast member in question - if the character name is unknown it can be left blank. 
  
  
• Attribute - This is usually left empty, but there are a number of attributes for edge cases (e.g. uncredited, voice, archive footage, etc) - this is explained in more detail in the Attribute guidelines. 
  
  
• Order - If known, you should always enter an number corresponding to where the person in credited in the end credits.

For the greatest chance of having your request approved, please visit our supplementary article for Cast / Acting guidelines which goes into more depth around topics such as:

If you're submitting a Crew credit, you'll have the option to include some more information depending on if the credit type. You'll have the option for either both "Role" and "Attribute".

• Role - This must be populated with the role the person was credited with on-screen. If the person's role is not listed on-screen, then enter a brief description of the role they performed. However, if the credit category title matches the on-screen credit exactly, you will not need to complete this field. E.g. "directed by" should be selected, but "director" should not be entered. Location-based credit details should be entered into the "Role" field, e.g. "first assistant director: New York unit". 
  
  
• Attribute - This section is usually left empty, however there are some exceptions mentioned in our Attribute guidelines or the Crew guidelines. You can use the "Set attributes ..." button to select from a list of available attributes. 

Further details on crew credits, roles, and attributes can be found in the Crew guidelines.

You may need to provide supplementary information to help our data editors verify the credits are factual and should be listed on the database.

This is important and your credit additions may be rejected if you're unable to provide sufficient supporting information.

You can include evidence by ticking the "Provide an explanation to assist in processing this submission" at the bottom of the contribution form:

Additionally, you can upload and submit a file as evidence for our data team to review. This is explained in our additional verification guidelines. 

The type of verification you can provide will vary depending on if "credited" or "uncredited".

• Credited - This means a name was involved in a titles production and was listed in the closing credit roll.
• Uncredited - This means a person was involved in the titles production, but was not listed in the closing credit roll

For more information on how providing credit verification, please visit the article How can I submit additional verification for a credit submission?

Once you've finished populating the form, head to the bottom of the page and click  to review the submission.

If there are any problems, the form will re-load with either yellow or red sections highlighted.

These should include reasons for the problems and explain how to correct them - for example:

Example 1:

Example 2:

Example 3:

Example 4:

To resolve these, read the warnings / errors provided and make any necessary changes to the submission details.

You can then scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Re-check these updates" to refresh the page. 

• If there are still problems, the page will come back with more warnings which you'll need to review and rectify. 
  
  
• If everything is OK, the window will turn green.

If the latter, you should now be able to submit your request by clicking "Submit these updates".

We try to be as complete, comprehensive, and accurate as possible, and information in the database is continuously updated - occasional mistakes may occur.

If you've spotted an error or missing information in a filmography or title page, the fastest and most efficient way to fix it is to submit a correction directly through our site.

This section provides guidance for how to submit corrections to existing credits.

• Or are you looking to Add Filmography?
• Or are you looking to Remove Filmography?

Guidelines

Our aim is to be the most complete and reliable source of movie, TV, and entertainment information on the web - in order to achieve this, we can only accept submissions which are accurate.

You can find more information about our credit guidelines in either the Cast/Acting Credits Guidelines or in the Crew Credits Guidelines.

How to

If you're certain a credit listed on the site needs updating, please follow the steps below to submit your request to the IMDb processing team.

Step 1

Head over to the title or name page where the credit is listed, depending on what you're looking to correct, you may need to choose a particular starting location. For example, if you submit a correction via a name page you'll be able to update the:

• Title/production associated with the person
• Character
• Attribute
• Order number

But when submitting a correction via a title page you'll be able to update the:

• Name/person associated with the title
• Character
• Attribute
• Order number

Once you're at the right page, scroll to the bottom and click "Edit page".

Step 2

In the contribution form, find the role the credit is currently associated under and using the drop-down - select "Correct/Delete" followed by "Continue" at the bottom of the page.

Step 3

Next to the name you want to update, use the drop-down and select "Correct" followed by "Check these updates".

Step 4

From here, you can make the change to correct the information.

For example:

Changing character name and adding an order number:

Changing the person associated with the credit:

Step 5

Once you've made your updates, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click "Re-check these updates".

Step 6

If there are problems with the correction, they'll appear in red or yellow on the page along with a short sentence explaining the problem that needs fixing.

Make the corrections and re-click "Re-check these updates". You can then click "Submit these updates" to complete your correction/deletion contribution.

Sometimes it may be helpful to include supporting evidence with your request, this will help our processing team verify the request for you.

You can do so by ticking the box to "Provide an explanation" in the contribution form.

More information on how to do this is available in our additional credit evidence guidance.

After submitting your request, it should take between 12 - 48 hours to appear on the website.

You can track your request from your Contribution History to find it's current status and estimated completion time.