Data Issues & Policy Discussions

The Sound Designers role in film is just as important as the other Head of Department roles. There is a top credit for Editing by and then Editorial Department and likewise Cinematography by and then Camera Department. This should be mirrored in Sound Design by and Sound Department. Sound Designer h

Is there anywhere in the imdb database that delineates LENGTH OF END CREDITS?Movie run times are readily available in the database (which INCLUDES end credits), but a critical piece of data is the length of credits - conversely, the length of the film without the credits. Is this a data field that

Angelina Jolie; from TOMB RAIDER to MALEFICENT; has been the most significant blockbuster badass on the big screen for the last 15 years!

I’m finding it frustrating that IMDb has granted its users the ability to submit images of favourite films/characters, but that these images can not appear under the right character page, particularly in regard to animated characters. With animated characters, they have voice actors who either voice

Almost all interesting aspects of movies (and tv series etc.) can be found on IMDb, from awards to trivia, and of course the ratings......But the mood of a movie, cannot, and this is something that IMDb is truly missing, because it's about the emotions and the feeling you get from movies. Somethin

I was a bit disappointed to request the trailer for Spotlight and instead get an ad, a teaser, and then IMDB's "On the Scene". I think it's great that IMDB is producing their own content, but a trailer is a trailer, and if I want to see one I probably don't want to see some documentary about a movi

I was thinking of a need to add a new filter, by age, in reviews. I would like to be able to filter out all the reviews from kids (under 20) as we simply like quite different things. So, what do you say, adding age filters -20, 21-35, 36-50, 51-65, 66-? BTW, I was just the other day with a friend in

A Script Supervisor is an integral part of the Film Crew of each production. They are considered a Department head. For years IMDB has kept the Script Supervisor position under "miscellaneous". Every Crew I have spoken to doesn't understand why would Script Supervisors,--a Dept. head be listed

Hello Col Needham and the staff of IMDB,I understand that IMDB.com is a free online database that shares production information to mainstream consumers. Is there a criteria or outline that IMDB.com uses to create categories for CREW? Do you have to be unionized? It would be helpful to understand why