Film, video and TV series
Template
Film or TV show
Surname, X. X. (Director). (Year). Title [Film/DVD/TV show]. Production Company. URL
TV series episode or webisode
Surname, X. X. (Writer), & Surname, X. X. (Director). (Date). Title of episode (Season number, Episode number) [TV series episode]. In X. X. Surname (Executive producer), Title of TV series. Production Company. URL
Film or video in another language
Surname, X. X. (Director). (Year). Original title [Translated title] [Film/DVD/TV-show]. Production Company. URL
Examples
Film or TV-show
Forman, M. (Director). (1975). One flew over the cuckoo's nest [Film]. Memfis Film AB.
Jackson, P. (Director). (2001). The Lord of the rings: The fellowship of the ring [Film; four-disc special extended ed. On DVD]. WingNut Films & The Saul Zaentz Company.
Film or video in another language
Besson, L. (Director). (1988). Le grand bleu [The big blue] [Film]. Gaumont & Les Films du Loup.
TV series episode or webisode
OOakley, B. (Writer), Weinstein, J. (Writer), & Lynch, J. (Director), (1995, May 21). Who shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) (Season 6, Episode 25) [TV series episode] In D. Mirkin, J. L. Brooks, M. Groenig, & S. Simon (Executive Producers), The Simpsons. Gracie Films; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
In text
Paranthetical form
(Forman, 1975)
(Jackson, 2001)
(Besson, 1988)
(Oakley et al., 1995)
When the director or writer is mentioned in the text
Forman (1975) describes …
As Jackson (2001) begins…
According to Besson (1988) …
In Oakley at al. (1995) there is…
More information
- Please see the examples for books to find more information about how to refer to films/video/TV-programmes with several creators.
- If no publication year is available, please use (n.d.), short for no date, instead.
- Describe the audiovisual work in square brackets – for example, ”[Film],” “[TV show],” and so forth in the title element of the reference.
- The director should be credited as the author of a film. However, if the director is unknown, someone in a similar role can be credited instead to aid readers in retrieving the work.
- When a URL is long or complex, you may use shortened URLs if desired, as long as you check the link to ensure that it takes you to the correct location.