APA: Movies & TV Shows

References:

• The name of the film is italicized and capitalized sentence style (capitalize only the first word and proper nouns).
• Name of the director and the production studio. 
  • If there is more than one studio listed, the you will list both studios, separated with a semicolon ;
• Year the movie was released.
• Whenever you have an audiovisual source, you'll describe the source in brackets after the title. In this case it's [Film].
• You don't have to say how you watched the film (DVD vs streaming, unless it's a special version of the film).
• Note where periods and commas separate pieces of information.

If you don't know the director, studio or year you can find this information online (Google, IMDB, or on streaming service platforms).

Director Name. (Director). (Year). Movie title [Film]. Studio Name.

Verrette, T. (Director). (2021). Zero gravity [Film]. Skylight Cinema; 20th Digital Studio.

In-Text Citation:

Use the last name of the director and the year the film was released. 

(Verrette, 2021)

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References:

• The name of the series is italicized and capitalized sentence style (capitalize only the first word and proper nouns).
• Name of the executive producers if you are referencing the whole series. 
• If you are referencing a specific episode you'll also use the names of the writer and director of that episode. 
  • Include the season and episode numbers and the episode title.
• The production studio. 
  • If there is more than one studio listed, the you will list both studios, separated with a semicolon ;
• Years the series ran if you're referencing the series. Date the episode was released for a specific episode.
• Whenever you have an audiovisual source, you'll describe the source in brackets after the title. In this case it's [TV series] or [TV series episode].
• Note where periods and commas separate pieces of information.

If you don't know the specific details APA wants you to include, you can find this information online (Google, IMDB, or on streaming service platforms).

If you are referencing the whole TV series:

Executive Producers. (Executive Producers). (Years). Series title [TV series]. Studio Name.

Serling, R. (Executive Producer). (1959–1964). The twilight zone [TV series]. Cayuga Productions; CBS Productions.

If you are referencing a specific episode:

Writer Name. (Writer), & Director Name. (Director). (Episode date). Episode title capitalized sentence style (Season number, Episode number) [TV series episode]. In Executive Producers - the names are flipped here to first initial then last name- (Executive Producers), Series name capitalized sentence style. Studios.

Favreau, J. (Writer), & Filoni, D. (Director). (2019, November 12). Chapter 1 (Season 1, Episode 1) [TV series episode]. In J. Favreau, D. Filoni, K. Kennedy, & C. Wilson (Executive Producers), The Mandalorian. Lucasfilm; Golem Creations.

Sherman-Palladino, A. (Writer & Director). (2018, December 5). All alone (Season 2, Episode 10) [TV series episode]. In A. Sherman-Palladino, D. Palladino, D. Gilbert, M. Shapiro, S. Carino, & S. Lawrence (Executive Producers), The marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions; Picrow; Amazon Studios.

In-Text Citation:

Use the last name of the director and the year the film was released. 

(Serling, 1959–1964)

(Favreau & Filoni, 2019)

(Sherman-Palladino, 2018)