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Thursday, November 7th, 2024 6:24 AM

Almost all IMDb credits removed

I am a dubbing director and producer, and I am credited in the end credits of all my productions. However, all of my credits were recently removed without my knowledge or consent.

My submissions did provide images of my name in the credits for my projects and did follow IMDb guidelines for localization.

Is there any way to get my credits back without resubmitting each one?

Thank you,

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14 days ago

Hi @hveres,

Thank you for your problem report.

Please could you provide us with a link to your IMDb page, so we can look into this for you?

Cheers!

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14 days ago

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm13086844/

Thank you, Ozzy! I appreciate the help!

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14 days ago

Hi @hveres -

I can confirm that these credits were removed because they were ineligible.  Following the removal, our support staff reached out via email to clarify our credit eligibility guidelines and provide some additional context, specifically that we don't list credits for English dubbing for non-animated titles. Several of your listed credits were also for various dubbing language voice credits (displaying after the end credit role and not in the actual film credits themselves) which also breaches our policy.

I encourage you to review that email for any further context.

I hope this helps!

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Hi Michelle, many other dubbing professionals have their credits listed like this, I would like to know why my profile was singled out. The reason dub credits are not a part of the end credit roll is because studios don't know what languages are going to be dubbed at the time of finishing production. The dub cards are are part of the end credits.

I would love to escalate this further, as again, all other dubbing directors, adapters, actors, mixers, and editors have their credits listed as such across IMDb.

Thank you.

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I would also like to point out that IMDb guidelines state that the credits have to be "on-screen" and not specifically burned into the end credit roll:

Credits we can't accept

There are certain types of credits that we do not list unless specifically credited on-screen: these include work on:

Marketing elements of a title (e.g. work on key art, trailers etc.)

Non-theatrical versions (e.g. DVD authoring, supplemental materials, captioning, trailer work etc.)

Localized releases (e.g. dubbing, dialogue translation/editing on foreign versions etc.) 

   

These details can instead be added to the other works biography section, or alternatively IMDbPro members can add these to the additional credits section of the name page.

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@hveres​ Hi! As mentioned the credits are not eligible.

Thanks for understanding.

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Hi Bethanny,

Per the IMDb guidelines I listed, they are eligible.

Can you also clarify why my profile is being singled out when other dubbing professionals can list their credits in this way.

Thank you.

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I would like to add, IMDb recently approved dubbing editing credits for a user, so again, my credits should also be eligible:

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/credits-not-being-approved/65e70197ba619a7e3f825f37?commentId=65e74350ba619a7e3f827050&replyId=65e76721ba619a7e3f827cc9

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13 days ago

Unfortunately, as I have not received feedback and an explanation for the inconsistencies in policy, I will be unsubscribing from IMDb Pro until dubbing is fairly recognized.