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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025

Introducing: New Credit Categories and Professions

Introducing: New Credit Categories and Professions

We are excited to announce 12 new credit categories on IMDb, advancing recognition for essential entertainment professions

This enhancement reflects our commitment to serving the evolving entertainment industry and acknowledging the increasingly diverse roles that make today's content possible.

The new credit categories are: Choreography; Color Department; Craft Services; Health and Safety Department; Intimacy Coordination; Legal; Production Department; Production Finance and Accounting; Property Department; Publicity; Puppetry; and Voice Actor - Dubbing. Previously, these credits were primarily listed under the "Additional Crew" category. Credits are also now displayed under dedicated section headings for these new categories across IMDb and IMDbPro web and apps. IMDb will continue to expand professional credit categories and recognition opportunities based on industry feedback.

The "Voice Actor - Dubbing" credit category is for voice performances ("dubs") that are translated versions of a title’s originally recorded dialog. We currently accept dubs into the following languages: English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

To contribute credits under these new categories, just navigate to the usual credits contribution interface via one of the “Edit”/pencil buttons on a name or title page. You will now see these twelve additional category options listed underneath the pre-existing ones. As before, the “Role” field for each category includes a searchable menu of the most common roles listed under each credit category. For example, the role “production coordinator” is now suggested under the new category “Production Department” (it was previously listed under “Additional Crew”).

 

Please note that we are also in the process of migrating pre-existing credit items to their relevant new credit category. This will take a number of days, due to the sheer number of credits that we need to move. We expect to complete this migration by Sunday, November 9 at 11:59PM PST.

For more information about these new credit categories, please visit our Help Guide: https://help.imdb.com/article/imdbpro/new-features-updates/announcement-new-credit-categories-and-professions/GWTJ4QXRS5HSJUPZ#

In addition to new credit categories, IMDbPro Premium members can also select their professions from a recently expanded list of nearly 500 options to enhance their discoverability by industry decision-makers. You will therefore start noticing more specific professions (such as “Production Coordinator” and “Digital Colorist”) directly underneath the person’s name on some name pages across IMDb and IMDbPro.

As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts, feel free to share your questions and feedback in the comments below! 

Many thanks — The IMDb Team

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Peter_pbn

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I'm just wondering why Additional Crew is the first category on Xavier Dolan's page. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230859/ Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/name-page-category-order/691064ea8000e87b1366600f Title : Name page category order

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Thanks for flagging Peter. We plan to launch a fix to this algorithm on Monday.

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Hi Peter - we've fixed this now. Thanks for raising it. By the way, we're actively tweaking this algorithm that picks the credit categories under the Credit section on name page. So please do keep flagging any strange cases that you notice.

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For Xavier Dolan, Additional Crew still seems to be ranked before Director even though he has more director credits. Similarly for Busby Berkeley, Additional Crew first, then Choreography, even though there are more Director credits: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000923/

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There are roles that haven't been moved from Art Department to Property Department which probably could be. For example: propmaker propmaker foreman propmaker gang boss additional property assistant https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/fullcredits/ modelmaker senior modelmaker prop modeller supervising prop modeller props storeperson supervising prop storeperson 2nd assistant props dressing prop hand junior dressing props first assistant standby props prop coordinator trainee prop maker junior prop maker https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312221/fullcredits/

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Thanks Peter. I've passed these on to the relevant team.

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Genovese

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In the redesign, one of my TV series credits lists me in "Additional Crew" instead of moving me to "Production Department" and I can't find a way to correct it other than having to delete myself from every episode and relist myself in the correct department. Is there a way to just correct it vs delete it?

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@Genovese- Hi, Can you provide us with the link to your name page? and also can you tell us which is the TV series?

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Hi and thanks for reaching out. When looking at your page itself (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842135/), I don't see any mention of Additional Crew. I just see Property Department, Set Decorator, and Art Department. Are those incorrect? Regarding the display of "Additional Crew" in search results: This has always been the case, but we are working on fixing it. Search is the last remaining part of the site that we are still in the process of updating to reflect the new more specific categories. We are targeting end of November/early December to update it. Based on your current "Known for Titles" it should then say "Property Department" under your name in search results.

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Hi Regarding A) yes, we are working on fixing this. Regarding B) IMDb name pages (e.g. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842135/) always default to expand credit categories (the subsections under the "Credits" section) that correspond the person's "professions" (the up to three things that display directly under your name at the top of your name page). IMDbPro Premium members have full control over which three professions appear under their name on ther name pages. Whatever the page owner has selected as these professions will therefore determine which sections open under the Credits section upon loading their name page. However, IMDb name pages do not support expanding all of the person's credit categories at once, by default. The only exceptions are name pages with very few credits (less than 20 in total). Regarding C) I have moved your various "assistant property master"/"propmaster" etc. credits to Production Department.

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Love you. Mean it! Best regards! JS

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I think I've noted a couple of things that either need moving still or are in the wrong places. 'aerials' - Is more or less a term for drone operators used. Plenty in additional crew that could be moved to Camera & Electrical Dept. 'local production assistant' credits are still in additional crew, they could be moved to same department as 'production assistant' as they are essential the same thing just written differently onscreen. 'truck production assistant' is also still in additional crew. They could be moved also.

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@VonPunk- Thank you! Will pass this to the relevant team.

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Thank you. Also just poking about I saw some 'art production assistant' credits in Additional Crew that should be in Art Department. And while 'key production assistant' credits have been moved, the abbreviated ones listed as 'key pa or Key PA' which is the same thing have not, also spotted some 'Truck PA' ones to add to my previous post. Also not totally sure where it should go, but 'tech production assistant/tech pa' are also credits I feel I should draw attention to. Here are some random pages to show examples of, if you check their Additional Crew sections. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3416135/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9163238/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11270068/

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dylan

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Thanks - I have passed this on to the team. We are working through a few similar requests and aim to have them all updated in the contribution interface within the next week or so.

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Kaianiela

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Just a note, petty cash buyer shouldn't be in the 'Production Finance and Accounting' department, it should still be in Art Department! We don't have anything to do with finance or accounting, we buy props and dressing!

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Thanks for raising this - we aim to fix it in the next week or so.

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Almost all of my credits as on-set medical technical advisor/medical tech/medical consultant have automatically been changed to "Health and Safety" department. I've never worked for health and safety. I am an on-set consultant, who helps ensure medical accuracy in the scenes. Is it possible to request everything to be changed back? Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/imdb-changed-my-department-to-an-incorrect-one/691bec94e54b3c304b7f7c46 Title : IMDB changed my department to an incorrect one

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Hi - if you want to share a link to your name page then I will be happy to move them back for you.

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Until recently, the departments in the Cast and Crew section of the Update page of a title (by pressing Edit Page button) were listed in alphabetical order, with the expection of Cast being the very first entry and Additional Crew being the very last one.Now there appear to be two lists with separate orders: after Visual Effects and Writers, the list starts again at the beginning with Choreography, Color Department, ..., Voice Actors.This seems perverse. It also makes it more difficult to find Writers (a very common entry to select) because it is buried in the middle, between Visual Effects and Choreography, instead of being the penultimate entry.I'm baffled as to the logic of this change. Unless there is an overwhelming reason for doing it, can I make a plea to return to the single purely alphabetical list (with the expection of Cast and Additional Crew). Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/order-of-departments-job-titles-in-a-titles-update-page-no-longer-in-purely-alphabetical-order/69257f9c42ac5814770e2190 Title : Order of departments / job titles in a title's Update page - no longer in purely alphabetical order

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I would probably also have placed them alphabetically, but I guess the logic is that the new categories are listed together. Most of the new categories are also derived from Additional Crew, so perhaps contributors were more likely to notice them when placed above that category.

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Yes, I appreciate that alphabetical would be more helpful in the contribution menu. This will take a while to change, but I've passed it onto the team.

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"Puppet animator" is looped into mutual exclusions in Help Guide:

⚠ while both variants are allowed in the submission forms:

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Puppet operator is mistyped as "puppet pperator" in Help Guide

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DuraNext

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The addition of dubbing is wonderful. Not only does it allow us to credit the performers of other languages, but it will also help to categorize foreign productions that used to be mixed in with American dubbing.Do you plan to migrate the categories marked as "(voice: english version)" to "dub"?

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That'd possibly cause an issue where dual casts are listed in the credits, Cowboy Bebop & Star Wars Visions spring to mind where both Japanese & English cast are credited next to each other.

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Yeah, with animated features different voices for different regions may cause complications over defining dubbing. It's safer with live-action features. 

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I don't know about Star Wars, but the credits for Cowboy Bebop (at least for episode 1) don't show the American cast along with the Japanese cast.

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Does it not have this? Taken from Episode 1 - https://imgur.com/HVRtL7v

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No, that's probably just a screen showing only in English versions (or one of those streaming screens that shows the voice actors for all versions).

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Okay, well my copy is in Japanese Language with Subtitles but has both Japanese and English (5 pages of) credits section in the actual end credits scroll, no credits for any other languages. So it might be different to other versions. It's the Bandai one released in USA.

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But it makes sense that a release in the United States would feature the American cast and not the others (besides the original cast).

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That type of credit was allowed in cast section unlike any other dub languages (until this update). Lots of animated shows were made by Japanese studios with American Money and feature dual credits, there's a fair few on Netflix like Terminator Zero. I don't think they'll move them en masse as it'll be a policy change that'd create extra hassle/problems but it's a question I'm sure they may consider, they haven't responded yet.

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Why is " Voice Actors - Dubbing" put in the "Filmography (non acting)" category?

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Never got a follow up to this problem

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If I enter a credit with a role like "production designer: Canada", "art director: Canada" or "set decorator: Canada" in the Art Department, the credit is automatically moved to the Production Designers, Art Directors or Set Decorators category, respectively. If I enter "director of photography: Canada" or "cinematographer: Canada" in the Camera and Electrical Department, it is moved to Cinematographers. If I enter "casting director: Canada" in the Casting Department, it is moved to Casting Directors. This is contrary to credit guidelines. The credits can be moved back, but it is misleading to move them. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/credits-moved-in-contribution-form/692ed2095a02283d1745c47b Title : Credits moved in contribution form

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I’m wondering why it’s not possible to add credits for dubbing made from English into Swedish ? Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/dubbing/693aa05d5a02283d17a16e9f Title : Dubbing

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Hi Miadack,

These languages align with the options currently available in the localization menu in the global navigation bar on IMDb web. We do not have a target date for supporting additional dubbing languages. However, please know that we do aspire to support a wider set of dubbing languages in the future, and have passed your suggestion on to the relevant team.

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The new dubbing category has finally been released, and IMDB is full of credits that are now in the wrong category. That's normal; the change will take time. However, credits in the wrong category are still being accepted. In Watari-kun no xx ga Hôkai Sunzen, I went to the trouble of not only moving the credits to the correct space but also submitting the credits for each episode for verification, and even with the episodes marked as verified, new credits that should be in the dubbing section were accepted. In good faith, I have not only removed the cast credits but also added them to the dub section. But in cases like this, where the wrong credits are being added after the update, even with the cast verified, I will simply request their removal. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/stop-accepting-dubbing-in-the-cast-category/693cfb13d1d7fd7bbb9cc89c Title : Stop accepting dubbing in the cast category.

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Hi DuraNext-

Thank you for the feedback! Will pass this to the relevant team.

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