IMDb FAQs: Adding + Correcting Data
This FAQ list contains answers to common questions about adding and correcting information on the IMDb.
FAQs (By Section)
Adding New Data
Updating Your Own Credits
Questions About Our Data
Where's My Stuff?
Making Corrections: Names
Making Corrections: Titles
Making Corrections: Other
Adding New Data to the site top ^
- How do I add information for a film/actor?
- How do I add a new title?
- How do I add a new name?
- Can I submit data for an unreleased/unfinished film?
- Should I add this project as an episode or a separate title?
- You asked for proof my new title is eligible. What types of URL are acceptable?
- I own a photo or poster that you don't have, can I send it to you?
- I'm adding data for the first time; what are the top 5 things I should know?
- How long does it take for new data to be added? What happened to my update?
- I submitted several credits for a film/person. Why did you add only some of them?
- How can I add a new episode to a TV series?
- Why do updates to data or votes for smaller films take so long to appear?
- I sent several additions to the database weeks ago and they haven't shown up yet. Why?
- I added a new title that has just gone live; where is the rest of the data submitted along with it?
- I need to submit a TV show. How do I know if I should send it as episode or a new title?
- I made a mistake with a submission. How can I correct it before it goes live?
- John Smith who worked on film X is not the same actor who worked on film Y. Can I correct this?
- How do I split credits that belong to two different persons but are combined into a single listing?
- It's clear that John Smith and John I. Smith are the same person. Why have two listings for him?
- I am positive that John Smith and John I. Smith are the same person. How do I combine listings?
- How do I add my film reviews to the site?
Updating Your Own Credits top ^
- Can I add my credits to IMDb?
- How do I add myself to the database?
- How do I add more credits to my page?
- What kind of credits are eligible for inclusion in the database?
- Can I add a new film or TV show to IMDb?
- How do I add my new film?
- How do I add a project that's still in production/development?
- What kind of titles are eligible to be listed in the database?
- Why haven't you added my film to the database?
- How can I provide additional web-based evidence of the eligibility of a new title?
- You asked for proof my new title is eligible. What types of URL are acceptable?
- How long does it take for new credits/data to appear on the site?
- Why is it so hard/time-consuming to add a credit or film to the database?
- Why can't I just fax you my resume?
- I can't get my corrections through your web-based forms. What else can I do?
- Some of the credits you list in my filmography are wrong. How do I delete them?
- You spelled a title wrong! How do I get it fixed?
- You spelled my name wrong. How do I fix this?
- Some of the credits you list in my filmography belong to somebody else. How do I fix this?
- My credits are scattered over different names, but it's always me. How do I fix this?
- You are listing my credits under 'miscellaneous crew'. Why don't you have a separate category for my job?
- How do I change the order in which my credits are listed?
- Why does one of my credits now say that I worked on a film only during post-production?
- I was on "The Sopranos" in 2004, not 1999. Why is the date off by 5 years?
- I'm listed on "Days of our Lives" in 1965 but I wasn't even born. How do I correct this?
- How can I delete my bio from your site?
- I'm a woman, but you are listing me as a man. How do I change my gender?
- I worked on the supplemental materials for the DVD of film XYZ. Can I add my credit to the film?
Questions About Our Data top ^
- How are titles formatted? How do you choose the year shown in the title?
- Why am I seeing titles in a different language than before?
- How do you decide if a title is a film, a TV movie or a Miniseries?
- Why does the film "The Seven Samurai" show up under the title "Shichinin no samurai" when I look it up?
- What's the deal with those Roman numerals, like (I) and (II), after people's names?
- Some films have '(V)' or '(VG)' after the title. What does that mean?
- When I search for a person, each matching name on the results page has a title next to it. How is that title chosen?
- In the Movie Connections section, what does 'references' mean?
- What is the difference between "Screenplay" and "Written by" credits?
- I know for a fact there is only one John Smith registered with the SAG. How do I correct this?
- I spotted a mistake: you have the film Bottle Rocket listed twice. Why won't you correct it?
- You claim that Julianne Moore (born 1961) appeared in "As the World Turns" in (1956). How can this be correct?
- Why is the USA running time for a film sometimes different from other countries and/or for the video?
- Why don't you always list the stars of a film at the top of its cast listing?
- Why do some acting credits show up in a separate list under a category called "Himself" or "Herself"?
Where's My Stuff? top ^
- When will my update be added?
- I sent several additions several weeks ago and nothing was added. Why?
- Why haven't you added my film to the database?
- I added a new title that has just gone live; where is the rest of the data submitted along with it?
- Why do updates to data or votes for smaller films take weeks to appear?
Making Corrections: Names top ^
- You spelled my name wrong! How do I get it fixed?
- It's clear that John Q. Public and John K. Public are likely to be the same person. Why do you have two listings for him?
- Person X and person Y really are the same, how can I combine their listings?
- The listing for person X actually has credits for person Y too, how can I split their listings?