Methodology

The Stop Motion Database is a curated, source-cited catalogue of stop-motion works, studios and people. It is built work-first: identify the work, connect its studio or companies, then connect people and credits.

Sources

• Catalogue: the work list is seeded from public stop-motion film records and extended with festival, trade-press, official, and studio sources.
• Structured data: directors, writers, cinematographers, composers, editors and production companies are filled from Wikidata and Wikipedia infoboxes where available.
• Full credits: complete end-credit rolls are transcribed from official sources such as press kits and the films' own end credits.
• Submissions: rights holders and researchers can add or correct entries with a verifiable source; changes are reviewed before publishing.

Scope

Stop motion includes puppet, clay, cut-out, object, pixilation and mixed-media animation, plus live-action films with significant stop-motion sequences when clearly labelled. Shorts, series, commercials, branded films, festival films and announced projects are in scope.

Country and status rules

Co-productions keep each verified country and are displayed as combined country labels. Studio status is intentionally coarse: active, historical, dormant or unclear, and unknown. This keeps browsing useful without pretending the database can verify every legal status in real time.

Confidence and transparency

Every credit carries a source and a confidence level. Where data is missing we say so, and the gaps are listed openly on the research queue and summarized on the coverage audit. We never fabricate credits, studios or links.