
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Personal Account not Linked with IMDb Profile?
Hi, I have a personal IMDb account and I have a profile that shows my industry credits. Is there a way to connect those so I can update my bio/other personal information, or do I have to submit everything as if I was a third party?
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Critic Submission
I write for the Columbus Free Press, and I'm a part of the Columbus Film Critics Association. How do I upload my critic reviews?
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"Dr" vs. "Dr."
I've just submitted a cast list, and although the character name is credited "Dr" (without a period, not uncommon for a UK production) it was automatically corrected to "Dr.", with a message that it was "in accordance with IMDb rules" (though I could not find this rule when I clicked the help icon).
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TV shows broadcast across midnight
Just checking - when a TV programme that runs for several hours long is broadcast just before midnight (say, 23:45) and the vast majority, perhaps even 7 or 8 hours, is broadcast the following morning, presumably we still record the pre-midnight date as the release date?
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Using an Image on a Postcard
I would like to use an image from the Green Acres television series for a postcard for a 501(c)(3) organization. The postcard is designed to get people to renew their membership in our historical society. How can I get permission to use an image? Thank you!
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Can we use JPGs of old Movie Posters for our Annoncements on Facebook or Twitter for a free public showing?
We Plan to publicly show some Old movies from 1948 for free. Can we use some of the old Posters in IMDB for some Advertisement of the Movie? This would be in Germany. Thank you for some advice
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Does the keyword "reenactment" work at series level?
The keyword reenactment in a documentary prompts the IMDb system to treat non-self credits in a cast list as acting credits. Does that work at series level, or do I have to add the keyword to all the episodes? I recently added the keyword at series level to a documentary miniseries, and then added i
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Permission to use an image of Ron Cephas Jones from your website for a digital history project
Hello IMDb I am a research consultant for a digital history project now underway by the Hamilton Partnership for Paterson on prominent people born or raised in Paterson, NJ. The intent of this educational project is to create an ambitious, interactive touchscreen tabletop display/kiosk to be install
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Which credit section?
It would be great if I could get a clarification on the following. On many occasions, I notice a credit that would normally go into the Additional Crew section unless if the job is followed by the company that the artist is working for. For example, 'finance director' normally would go to the Additi
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Dream Sequence
In the IMDb filter for 'dream sequence' and '1970-79', I came across two films where I couldn't identify any dream sequences. Is there any possibility of obtaining timestamps for the scenes that were categorized as dream sequences? GREASE 1978 AS FILHAS DO FOGO 1978
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