About
An open, incomplete record
The catalogue currently holds 3537 works, 16865 people and 25287 sourced credits. It is incomplete by design and tracks its own gaps in public: the research queue lists works that still need a verified studio or crew credits, and the coverage audit, progress scorecard and credit network show how complete the record is. High priority means recent works, especially post-2020 titles without credits.
How entries are sourced
Every field is backed by a citation - official sites, press kits, end-credit rolls, or reliable databases - and full credits mean complete end-roll coverage, not a single director credit. See the methodology for the full sourcing and verification standards.
The stop-motion wiki
The wiki is a growing glossary for the things used in stop motion: capture techniques, animated subjects, background construction and physical materials. Broad concepts stay together until their source coverage is large enough to split.
Contribute
Rights holders, studios, creators and researchers can add, claim or correct an entry through reviewed forms on the submit page. Each request becomes a reviewed Issue before publication.
Supporting the makers
Film pages link to where you can buy or stream a work. Buying physical media (Blu-ray / DVD) returns more to the creators than streaming, so those links come first. They are currently plain search links with no affiliate tracking; if affiliate links are ever used it will be disclosed. See the disclosure page.
Contact the SMDB maintainer
For site administration, technical issues, data licensing, developer questions, and project coordination, email the SMDB maintainer. This address is not a contact route for the people listed in the database.
For a creator, studio, or crew member, use the official links on that person's or studio's page when they are listed.
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