Data Processing Times

We process huge volumes of invaluable data which is submitted by you, our contributors. Whilst we try to ensure that we process submissions as soon as possible, we also apply levels of prioritization against different lists to ensure that we get the highest profile data types for the most viewed pages to the site as quickly as possible to ensure the best possible user experience.

Please note that our ability to meet our target processing times is affected by factors such as holiday periods. We have recently completed our recruitment of new data managers, who are doing a great job of getting up to speed.

List Prioritization
Current Status
Site Build Date

List Prioritization     top ^

Below are the different service levels we target. Please note that "daily" means standard working days (Monday - Friday)

  • Platinum - Processed daily in entirety
  • Gold - Top 1000 processed daily, remainder processed weekly
  • Silver - Processed weekly in entirety
  • Bronze - Top 1000 processed weekly, remainder within two weeks

Platinum Lists

  • *New Titles
  • Title Corrections and AKAs
  • New Names
  • Name Corrections

*Please note that for New Titles that are In Production or In Development, the vetting processes are slightly different and handled by a different team. Usually these will be processed within 48 hours. Non-US In Production titles submitted with a status other than "completed" are subject to a longer review time. In general we would recommend that such titles are resubmitted when it is complete and a premiere/release date is available

Gold Lists

  • Biographies: Birth date
  • Biographies: Death date
  • Biographies: Height
  • Biographies: Mini Bio
  • Biographies: Quotes
  • Biographies: Trademarks
  • Biographies: Trivia
  • Company Credits: Production Companies
  • Filmography: Cast
  • Filmography: Cinematographers
  • Filmography: Composers
  • Filmography: Directors
  • Filmography: Editors
  • Filmography: Producers
  • Filmography: Writers
  • Movie Connections (simple)
  • Titles: Also Known As
  • Titles: Business
  • Titles: Certificates
  • Titles: Genres
  • Titles: Goofs
  • Titles: Keywords
  • Titles: Languages
  • Titles: Locations
  • Titles: Plot Outlines
  • Titles: Plot Summaries
  • Titles: Quotes
  • Titles: Release Dates
  • Titles: Running Times
  • Titles: Soundtracks
  • Titles: Trivia

Silver Lists

  • Awards: Nominations
  • Movie Connections (complex)
  • Filmography: Cast/Crew Complete
  • Titles: Countries

Bronze Lists

  • Bio Articles
  • Filmography: Editorial Department
  • Bio: Biographical Movies
  • Filmography: Makeup-Dept
  • Biographies: Names (real and nick names)
  • Filmography: Miscellaneous Crew
  • Bio: Other works
  • Filmography: Music Department
  • Bio: Portrayals
  • Filmography: Production Managers
  • Bio: Print Biographies
  • Filmography: Special Effects
  • Biographies: salary
  • Filmography: Stunts
  • Biographies: Spouse
  • Filmography: Thanks
  • Bio: Where Now?
  • Filmography: Transportation Department
  • Company Credits: Distributors
  • Filmography: Visual Effects Department
  • Company Credits: Miscellaneous Companies
  • Names: Also Known As
  • Company Credits: Special Effects Companies
  • Names: URLs
  • Filmography: Animation Dept
  • Titles: Alternate Versions
  • Filmography: Art Department
  • Titles: Color Info
  • Filmography: Art Directors
  • Titles: Crazy Credits
  • Filmography: Assistant-Directors
  • Titles: Literature
  • Filmography: Camera Dept
  • Filmography: Sound Department
  • Filmography: Casting Department
  • Titles: Sound Mix
  • Filmography: Casting Directors
  • Titles: Taglines
  • Filmography: Costumer Department
  • Titles: Taglines
  • Filmography: Costumer Designers
  • Titles: Title URLs
  • Current Status     top ^

    Page updated 22 December 2012 using data from 21 December 2012.

    The backlog against each list is in the table below. This is intended to provide our contributors with a processing overview of every list. Please see the SLAs above which will indicate whether or not a list is failing its SLA. We do apologize if any backlog affects submissions that you have made and will endeavor to clear the backlogs as soon as possible.

    Title corrections and AKAs are not shown below due to a metrics issue, but they were processed normally and there was no backlog on Friday 21 December 2012.

    NAKAs: NAKA data is awaiting migration to a new system and is not currently being processed (backlog dates to April 2012).

    Please note that this does not mean that the lists here are failing their Service Level Agreement. Likewise, the date given for the oldest item does not mean that no submissions have been processed since that date for that particular list.

    List Days in Backlog Oldest Item Unprocessed Items
    New Names and Name Corrections 0 n/a 0
    Bio: Biographical Movies                 0 n/a 0
    Bio: Known For Jobs 0 n/a 0
    Bio: Salary                              0 n/a 0
    Colour Info 0 n/a 0
    Bio: Articles                            1 21 December 2012 1
    Bio: Death Date                          1 21 December 2012 16
    Bio: Mini Biography                      1 21 December 2012 17
    Bio: Print Biographies                    1 21 December 2012 2
    Bio: Spouse                              1 21 December 2012 12
    Bio: Trivia                              1 21 December 2012 44
    Business 1 21 December 2012 92
    Countries                                1 21 December 2012 11
    Filmography: Cinematographers            1 21 December 2012 28
    Filmography: Composers                   1 21 December 2012 30
    Filmography: Directors                   1 21 December 2012 76
    Filmography: Editors                     1 21 December 2012 41
    Filmography: Producers                   1 21 December 2012 137
    Filmography: Writers                      1 21 December 2012 62
    Genres                                   1 21 December 2012 8
    Production Statuses 1 21 December 2012 4
    Languages                                1 21 December 2012 10
    Plot Outlines                            1 21 December 2012 9
    Sound Mix                                1 21 December 2012 1
    New Titles 1 21 December 2012 253
    Connections                              2 20 December 2012 372
    Filmography: Animation-department        2 20 December 2012 90
    Filmography: Art-directors               2 20 December 2012 30
    Filmography: Camera-department           2 20 December 2012 495
    Filmography: Costume-designers            2 20 December 2012 27
    Filmography: Music-department            2 20 December 2012 170
    Filmography: Production-designers        2 20 December 2012 17
    Filmography: Set-decorators              2 20 December 2012 18
    Filmography: Special-effects-department  2 20 December 2012 43
    Filmography: Visual-effects-department   2 20 December 2012 133
    Keywords 2 20 December 2012 525
    Title URLs                               2 20 December 2012 436
    Company Credits: International Sales Agents 3 19 December 2012 5
    Filmography: Casting-department          3 19 December 2012 32
    Filmography: Casting-directors           3 19 December 2012 101
    Filmography: Costume-department          3 19 December 2012 132
    Filmography: Make-up-department          3 19 December 2012 257
    Filmography: Sound-department            3 19 December 2012 515
    Trivia 3 19 December 2012 429
    Filmography: Cast (TV)                   4 18 December 2012 3061
    Release Dates 4 18 December 2012 62
    Bio: Portrayals                           5 17 December 2012 1
    Filmography: Assistant-directors         5 17 December 2012 261
    Filmography: Editorial-department        5 17 December 2012 568
    Filmography: Production-managers         5 17 December 2012 199
    Movie Links 5 17 December 2012 159
    Plot Summaries                           6 16 December 2012 146
    Award Nomination                         8 14 December 2012 2758
    Alternate Versions                       9 13 December 2012 35
    Bio: Birth Date                          9 13 December 2012 473
    Bio: Trademarks                          9 13 December 2012 23
    Complete: Crew                           9 13 December 2012 177
    Certificates                             10 12 December 2012 445
    Crazy Credits                            10 12 December 2012 41
    Literature                               10 12 December 2012 378
    Locations 10 12 December 2012 2503
    Running Times                            10 12 December 2012 196
    Bio: Height                               11 11 December 2012 53
    Bio: Nicknames                           11 11 December 2012 117
    Bio: Quotes                              11 11 December 2012 261
    Bio: Where Now?                          11 11 December 2012 141
    Filmography: Art-department              11 11 December 2012 1267
    Filmography: Thanks                      11 11 December 2012 647
    Filmography: Transportation-department   11 11 December 2012 244
    Soundtrack                                11 11 December 2012 649
    Taglines                                 11 11 December 2012 297
    Technical Info                           11 11 December 2012 415
    Title Quotes 11 11 December 2012 440
    Filmography: Stunts                      15 07 December 2012 832
    Company Credits: Distributors 17 05 December 2012 2954
    Company Credits: Miscellaneous Companies 17 05 December 2012 2333
    Company Credits: Production Companies 17 05 December 2012 3975
    Company Credits: Special Effects 17 05 December 2012 213
    Complete: Cast                           17 05 December 2012 401
    Bio: Other Works                         19 03 December 2012 785
    Bio: Real Name                           19 03 December 2012 446
    Filmography: Cast (non-TV)                19 03 December 2012 12539
    Goofs 20 02 December 2012 1373
    Name URLs                                21 01 December 2012 2415
    Filmography: Miscellaneous               25 27 November 2012 16272

    Site Build Date     top ^

    In order to determine when the daily site update has launched, and to allow tracking when the site has been forced to revert to a previous day's data, we are now displaying the build date (1 January 2013) of the current data on the site. Please note, this is not an indication that data has been processed through this date; rather, this is the last time any data on the site has been changed. Please see the above paragraphs for a more accurate indication of whether any particular data item has been processed.