I'm a second unit director but you list my credits under the wrong category (assistant director). How do I change that?

Credits listed in the IMDb are ordered and categorized in separate lists. While we try to follow on-screen credits for our listings whenever possible, these categories are based on internal technical criteria and are not meant to faithfully reflect the way credits are grouped in film titles or production listings. Some of our categories are very narrow and only include credits that belong to a single specific profession (cinematographers, producers, editors, set decorators etc.). Others are more generic and may include a larger number of credits per film (art department, sound department, visual effects). All credits that don't belong to a specific list are grouped into a generic miscellaneous crew section.

This categorization is not meant to imply anything about the relative importance of a credit, or to give a higher profile to one job at the expense of another: it's solely dictated by our internal data management restrictions.

That's why assistant directors and second unit directors are grouped together (even though they perform different functions) and why there's a separate list for production managers and one for sound department crew members but not one for the catering department or for location managers.

Our long term plan is to create more specific lists and move credits across them; however, since this is dictated by our internal data management priorities, we can't predict exactly how or when this will take place.

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