Include the following information in your film citation:
Film Title
Series Title
Director/ Filmmaker or Personal Producer or Corporate/ Institutional Producer
Other individuals responsible for the work (i.e writer) if relevant
Key Actors or Key Performers
Studio Name or Production Company
Production Date or Release Date (If work was viewed in a theater)
Format (if citing a DVD or video)
Distributor (of DVD or video)
Distribution Date
Follow this example if the film being cited was viewed in the theater.
Chinatown. Dir. Roman Polanski. Perfs. Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway. Parmount Pictures, 1974.
Gasland. Dir. Josh Fox. International WOW Company, 2010.
Citing a Contributor first:
Herzog, Werner, dir. Grizzly Man. Lions Gates Films, 2005.
De Niro, Robert, perf. Deer Hunter. Dir. Michael Cimino. Perfs. Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep. Universal Pictures, 1978.
Follow these examples if the cited film was watched on a DVD or video.
T-shirt Travels Dir. Shantha Bloemen. DVD. Filmmakers Library, 2001.
Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua para Chocolate). Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel. Dir. Alfonso Arau. Perfs. Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne. 1992. DVD. Miramax Home Entertainment, 2000.
Citing a Contributor first:
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Screenplay by Horton Foote. Dir. Robert Mulligan. Perfs. Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Mary Badham. 1962. DVD. Universal, 2005.
Foote, Horton, screenplay. To Kill a Mockingbird. Based on the novel by Harper Lee. Dir. Robert Mulligan. Perfs. Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Mary Badham. 1962. DVD. Universal, 2005.
Follow these examples if you watched a DVD/ Video and are
citing addtional information
Apocalypse Now Redux. Inspired by the book "The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. Dir. Frances Ford Coppola. Perfs. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Dennis Hopper. DVD. Paramount Pictures, 2001.
citing supplementary material contained on a disc
citing a work originally broadcast on television
Pride and Prejudice. Based on the novel by Jane Austen. Dir. Simon Langton. Perfs. Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle. BBC. DVD. A&E Home Video, 2001.
citing an installment of a series originally broadcast on television