Can production work on a title still be considered "uncredited" work if not hired directly by the production?

I was hired as a special skills type of acting coach to work with one of the lead actors in a feature film. The coaching was not general acting training, but work exclusively to prepare him for the role in this particular film. I was hired, however, by the actor himself, rather than by the production company (even though it was the film's director that referred him to me). Since I wasn't hired by the production company, I won't receive screen credit for my work. Would IMDb consider this qualified for an "uncredited" listing on the film title's page?

I considered submitting it to my own page under Other Works, but the help section says Other Works is reserved for types of media not listed in the database, like theatre or print. If it helps in answering this question, I'll add that my connection to the film has been widely acknowledged publicly by those associated with it. The actor I coached has repeatedly mentioned my work with him in TV and online interviews about the film; the director has mentioned my work with the actor in interviews about the film; and the distributor commissioned and published an interview with me about my work with the actor for the film.

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Bethanny

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2 years ago

HI @toureiffel -

You can list as uncredited as long as you have evidence to provide, please see our help guides for acceptable evidence.

Cheers!

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Hi Bethanny,

Thank you for your comment, but there's still an important part of my question that remains. I have no doubt I can provide sufficient evidence to establish that my work was directly connected to the film, but my situation is perhaps uncommon in that I didn't work directly for the production — I wasn't hired by or paid by the production company and my name didn't appear on call sheets.

I have many credits for the exact same kind of work on other productions. The only difference is that in those cases, it was the production company that hired and paid me. For this film, since the production company didn't hire me directly, I wasn't really expecting a screen credit. Since the work, however, was just as directly related to the production as when I am hired by the production company, I thought it might be acceptable to ask for an uncredited listing on the title's page.

I just don't know if IMDb makes a distinction about whether to accept an uncredited listing based on whether someone worked directly for the production company or not.

I hope this helps clarify the root of my dilemma, and I hope you can help. My particular situation doesn't seem to be addressed in the help guides, as far as I can tell.

Thank you!

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Col_Needham

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2 years ago

@toureiffel In addition, please see https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/i-worked-on-a-title-but-did-not-receive-a-screen-credit-can-it-be-listed-on-imdb/G3BDEA5Y4U9LP9BW and specifically:

You need to have at least one pre-existing credited entry in the database. We will not display filmographies consisting exclusively of uncredited work. We may make an exception in very rare/specific circumstances (e.g. on movies released before 1990, episodes released before 2000 and/or for high-profile credits, such as an uncredited cameo appearance by a celebrity), but in most cases we will not list an uncredited credit unless you have a pre-existing credited filmography.

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Hi Col,

Thank you for your comment. I feel confident that the work I did qualifies for a credit. I have numerous listings in my filmography for exactly the same kind of work on other productions, most credited and a few uncredited.

This issue here, as I attempted to clarify in my reply to Bethanny above, is not the nature of the credit, or whether I have pre-existing credits for the same work, but whether it makes a significant difference that I was hired by the lead actor rather than directly by the production.

If you have any thoughts about that aspect of my situation, please let me know.

Thank you!

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Col_Needham

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I feel confident that the work I did qualifies for a credit

What matters is whether you have an on-screen credit in at least one other movie or show; per the guidelines quoted above, you can only have an IMDb page if you have at least one credit which appears on-screen.

2 years ago

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Can production work on a title still be considered "uncredited" work if not hired directly by the production?

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