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Filmography Credits

Visual effects department

  • The visual effects department includes all jobs related to visual effects, such as matte painter, compositor, digital effects artists, animators (for live action films), visual effects supervisors, and miniature crew members. It does not include special effects, which have their own section.
  • If a company or team worked on a film and received an onscreen credit for its contribution, then an individual who worked as part of that company or team may be listed in IMDb. If their name appears in the on-screen credits they should be listed with their credited job title and the company name if that's also listed (i.e. matchmover: SuperGroovy FX Co.). If their name is not listed in the credits then they should be listed in the same way but with (uncredited) in the attributes box to indicate that there was no on-screen credit.
  • You must include a job title.
  • Animators for animated films, or for animated sequences within live action films, should go to the animation department instead.

  • Tracking your contribution


    You can now track the status of your Credit submission and if it has not been approved, we'll tell you the reason why.

    If you are using the mobile apps, mobile website or desktop website you can access this feature via the 'Track your contribution' button, which has been added to the submission email receipt. Additionally, if you are using the desktop website, you can also use the 'Track Contribution' button now found in your contribution history page.

    Clicking this button will take you to IMDb Contributor, our new contribution specific site where you will be shown the status of your request.



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