Citing Films in APA Style Formatting

Basic Film Citation Format

• 1

  Type the Producers last name, a comma and their first initial followed by "(Producer)."

• 2

  Type a comma, "&" sign, the Director's last name, a comma, and the Director's first initial followed by "(Director)" and a period.

• 3

  Type the year the film was released and a period.

• 4

  Type the title of the film in italics, followed by "[Motion Picture]" and a period.

• 5

  Type the country of origin, a semi-colon, and the name of the movie studio.

• 6

  Citation should look like this: Cameron, J. (Producer), & Cameron, J (Director). (1997). Titanic [Motion Picture]. USA: Paramount Pictures.

Basic Film Citation Format for DVD/VHS

• 7

  Type the Producers last name, a comma, and their first initial; followed by "(Producer)."

• 8

  Type a comma, the year the DVD/VHS was released and a period.

• 9

  Type the title of the film in italics followed by either "[DVD]" or "[VHS]" (depending on the source) and a period.

• 10

  Type "Available from" and the URL of the publisher followed by a period.

• 11

  Citation should look like this: Cameron, J. (Producer), & Cameron, J (Director). (1997). Titanic [DVD]. Available from: www.foxconnect.com.