The Movie Database Support
Support → API Support
Getting all movies by a specific person as director
posted by PiplosSTAFFMOD on September 20, 2016 at 7:35 AM
Hi all, it is possible to get a list of all movies by a specific person as director?
Query example: I want a list of all movies directed by Quentin Tarantino
For now, I know I can use /discover/movie with the parameter "with_crew", as below:
/discover/movie?api_key=###&with_crew=138
But it also returns some movies not directed by him (eg. Natural Born Killers) as he is still in the crew.
So, how can I get a list of all movies directed by a specific person?
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 20, 2016 at 9:57 AM
Hi Piplos,
Not in a single query, no. Since discover doesn't support any kind of job filters. The other side of this would be a person discover, which maybe seems more useful. Regardless, none of that is supported and you'll have to make 2 requests (one to get Quentin's ID, and the other to his /movie_credits method and filter by
job).Reply by Piplos
on September 20, 2016 at 7:11 PM
Thanks for the reply