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Thursday, March 16th, 2023 9:29 AM

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My profile (film crew) is mixed up with somebody else's profile (actor) who has the same name

Hello everybody,

I have worked on films as boom operator in the sound department.

Some production houses have credited me on IMDb on an already existing actor's account which has the same name as me. The actor had passed away in 2012.

I have created an account to edit my profile, but I don't want to delete the actor's credits. I would like to have the profile split and/or move my credits on my own profile, while leaving the actor's profile intact.

How should I proceed?

Here is the profile:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1616512/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm

Thank you!

Dan Damian

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2 years ago

Dan: Assuming that all the Sound Department credits at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1616512/ are yours, and all the Actor credits belong to the other guy, here is how you would fix that.

Go to the page at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1616512/ and click "Edit page".

On the next screen, on the Name Split line, select "Add split". Scroll down and click "Continue".

On the next screen, there will be a "Move Actor Credits to" line. Don't change or enter anything there; leave it as "Don't move [Damian, Dan]".

There will also be a "Move Sound Department member Credits to" line. In the left-hand box, select "Other [use box]". In the right-hand box, enter:

Damian, Dan (II)

Don't check either of the "Update existing credits with 'as'" boxes; they are not relevant to this situation.

In the Explanation box, enter something like this: "My name is Dan Damian, and I work in the Sound Department. My credits have been incorrectly placed on the page of an actor named Dan Damian, who is a different person from me and who died in 2012. Because I am a different person from him, we need a Name Split so that my credits can be moved to a different page under the name Dan Damian (II)." Click "Check these updates".

On the next screen, you will get a warning that begins, "The name 'Damian, Dan (II)' is not currently in the database. We have these people with similar names ..." Select the choice at the end that says, "This is a different person not currently listed - create 'Damian, Dan (II)'." Do not select the choice that says, "Damian, Dan (Sound Department, Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc)" because that is the name page you are trying to split. Click "Re-check these updates".

On the next screen, your data should appear with a green background, and you should be able to click "Submit these updates".

Allow a few days for the split to be processed. Good luck!

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2 years ago

Thank you!