Library Guides: APA 7th Referencing Style Guide: Films, TV & video

Film

Reference format

Who	When	What	Where
Director, D. D. (Director).	(Year).	Title of work [Description].	Production Company.

Film

Waititi, T. (Director). (2016). Hunt for the Wilderpeople [Film]. Piki Films.

Film in another language

Mills, T. (Director). (2001). Te pō uriuri [The enveloping light] [Film; special ed. on DVD]. Tawera Productions.

When a film title is in a different language, include a translation of the title in square brackets

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Television

Reference format for TV series

Who	When	What	Where
Producer, P. P. (Executive Producer).	(Date range).	Title of work [Description].	Production Company	https://xxxx

Example

Benioff, D., Weiss, D. B., Strauss, C., Doelger, F., Caulfield, B., Cogman, B., Sapochnik, M., & Nutter, D. (Executive Producers). (2011–2019). Game of thrones [TV series]. Television 360; Grok! Television; Generator Entertainment; Startling Television; Bighead Littlehead.

Include the names of all executive producers and production companies, unless there are more than 20. See the Authors section for more on multiple authors
When the series spans multiple years, use an en dash to separate the years: (2001–2009). If the series is still airing, replace the second year with the word "present": (2017–present)

Reference format for TV series episode or webisode

Who	When	What	Where
Writer, W. W. (Writer), & Director, D. D. (Director).	(Date range).	Title of episode (Season No., Episode No.) [Description].	In P. P. Producer (Executive Producer), Title of TV series. Production Company.	https://xxxx

Junge, A. (Writer), & Lembeck, M. (Producer). (1999, February 11). The one where everybody finds out (Season 5, Episode 14) [TV series episode]. In D. Crane, M. Kauffman, K. S. Bright, M. Curtis, A. Chase, & G. Malins (Executive Producers), Friends. Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions; Warner Bros. Television.

Include writer(s) and the director for the episode
Include other contributor roles (such as "Executive Director") in parentheses after each contributor's name

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YouTube or other streaming video

Who	When	What	Where
Uploader, U. U.	(Year, Month Day).	Title of work [Description].	Streaming video site.	https://xxxx

Group author

MSNBC. (2020, January 7). Julián Castro endorses Elizabeth Warren [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk2Tzc8H5po

Individual author

Cady, A. (2012, June 7). 30% (Women and politics in Sierra Leone) [Video]. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/43595116

Green, J., & Green, H. [vlogbrothers]. (2019, December 11). Living with a chronic illness [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr8wIiypS_g

The person or group who uploaded the video is credited as the author, even if they did not create the work. Note the names of those who appear in the video in your writing if desired (see TED talk for an example)
If both an author's real name and username are known, provide the real name followed by the username in square brackets
If the real name of the author is unknown, use just the username as the name. Do not abbreviate the username and do not put it in square brackets

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TED talk

From TED website

Fonda, J. (2019, December). Why I protest for climate justice [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_fonda_why_i_protest_for_climate_justice

From YouTube

TED. (2020, January 7). Cornelia Geppert: A video game that helps us understand loneliness [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMBVxhO57JE

As with other YouTube videos, the person or group who uploads the video is credited as the author, even if they did not create the work
When the speaker is not listed as the author, integrate their name into your writing if desired. For example:

Geppert discusses ways her video game explores themes of loneliness and self-doubt (TED, 2020).

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Recorded webinar

Example

Mattingley, J. (2019). Science meets practice: Understanding attention in health and disease [Webinar]. Australian Psychological Society. https://www.psychology.org.au/Event/20847

Use this format only for recorded, retrievable webinars
Cite unrecorded webinars as personal communications

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