Crew Profiles

Get All Crew Profiles

Here is an example request:

cURL

curl "https://www.filmmakers.eu/api/v1/crew_profiles" \
  -H "Authorization: Token token=API_KEY"

JavaScript (Fetch)

fetch('https://www.filmmakers.eu/api/v1/crew_profiles', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Token token=API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));

PHP (cURL)

<?php
$apiKey = 'API_KEY'; // Replace with your actual API key
$url = 'https://www.filmmakers.eu/api/v1/crew_profiles';

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
  'Authorization: Token token=' . $apiKey
));

$response = curl_exec($ch);

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'cURL Error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    echo $response;
    // For further processing, you might want to decode the JSON:
    // $data = json_decode($response, true);
    // var_dump($data);
}

curl_close($ch);
?>

Example Response

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "John Doe",
    "gender": "m"
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "gender": "f"
  }
]

This endpoint retrieves all crew profiles available with the access rights of the API key. Most of the time, it is scoped to a talent agency.

HTTP Request

GET https://www.filmmakers.eu/api/v1/crew_profiles

Query Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
page	1	Page to display – see "Pagination" section
per_page	250	Items per page – see "Pagination" section
gender	null	Allows filtering by gender values. Possible values are: male, female, transgender_female, transgender_male, non_binary, custom. Returned as m, f, or i in the JSON response (depending on internal mapping).
updated_at[gte]	null	Allows filtering for profiles updated since the passed timestamp. Passed as an integer Unix timestamp.
q	null	Allows filtering by name. Uses trigram, so allows fuzzy & partial matches.
include_picture	false	If set to true, the result will include the profile picture thumbnail in a field named main_picture_url_tile.
picture_version	null	Can be set to original, large, thumb, or thumb_large to change the included picture version. The picture will be included in a field named picture_url. (Only applies if include_picture is true.)
fields	name,gender	Can be used to modify the fields included in the response. Allowed fields are: name, first_name, last_name, gender, professions, languages, representative, updated_at
order	id	Changes the order of returned results. Allowed values: id, name, last_name.
professions[]	null	Filter crew profiles by professions – allows passing multiple profession names using array form of the parameter, e.g., professions[]=regie&professions[]=kamera. Allowed values: regie, autor, kamera, komponist, dramaturg, schnitt.

Note:

• Only visible showreels and vita entries are returned.
• Pictures that are invisible or still processing are skipped.
• The representative field is only present if the crew member is represented by a talent agency employee.
• If a user requests a forbidden or unknown field in fields, it is ignored (not an error).

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	number	Unique ID of the crew profile
name	string	Full name of the crew member (usually first & last name)
gender	string	f for female, m for male, i for diverse
professions	array of strings	A list of professions, e.g., ["regie", "kamera"]
main_picture_url_tile	string	Profile picture URL (thumbnail version) if include_picture is set
picture_url	string	Profile picture URL of the specified version if picture_version is set
picture_copyright	string	Copyright information
representative	JSON Object	Contains "id" and "name" of the talent agency employee
updated_at	string	Format ISO 8601

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Get a Specific Crew Profile

Example request:

cURL

curl "https://www.filmmakers.eu/api/v1/crew_profiles/{id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Token token=API_KEY"

JavaScript (Fetch)

fetch('https://www.filmmakers.eu/api/v1/crew_profiles/{id}', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Token token=API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));

PHP (cURL)

<?php
$crewProfileId = '{id}'; // Replace with the actual crew profile ID
$apiKey = 'API_KEY'; // Replace with your actual API key
$url = 'https://www.filmmakers.eu/api/v1/crew_profiles/' . $crewProfileId;

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
  'Authorization: Token token=' . $apiKey
));

$response = curl_exec($ch);

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'cURL Error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    echo $response;
    // For further processing, you might want to decode the JSON:
    // $data = json_decode($response, true);
    // var_dump($data);
}

curl_close($ch);
?>

Replace {id} with the ID of the crew profile you want to retrieve.

Example Response

{
  "id": 162,
  "first_name": "John",
  "last_name": "Doe",
  "year_of_birth": 1980,
  "place_of_birth": "Berlin",
  "professions": ["regie", "autor"],
  "nationalities": ["DE", "FR"],
  "languages": {
    "deutsch": "muttersprachlich",
    "englisch": "fliessend"
  },
  "accommodation_options": [
    "Berlin",
    "Köln"
  ],
  "about_me": "This is a text about me.",
  "representative": {
    "id": 123,
    "name": "Jane Roe"
  },
  "talent_agency_id": 1,
  "pictures": [
    {
      "id": 140,
      "copyright": "John Doe",
      "url": "https://imgproxy.filmmakers.eu/production/abc.jpg",
      "versions": {
        "original": "https://imgproxy.filmmakers.eu/...",
        "large": "https://imgproxy.filmmakers.eu/...",
        "thumb": "https://imgproxy.filmmakers.eu/...",
        "thumb_large": "https://imgproxy.filmmakers.eu/..."
      },
      "orientation": "portrait",
      "dimensions": [50, 64],
      "crop_coordinates": {
        "x": 0,
        "y": 36,
        "w": 357,
        "h": 357
      },
      "main_picture": true,
      "year": 2020,
      "recorded_at": "2020-12-23T18:16:52+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "external_showreels": [
    "https://youtube.com/john-doe/video"
  ],
  "showreels": [
    {
      "name": "My Showreel",
      "url": "https://www.filmmakers.eu/crew/john-doe/showreels/15",
      "type": "video"
    }
  ],
  "showreel_ids": [12345],
  "showreel_medium_ids": [123456],
  "vita": {
    "film": [
      {
        "name": "Sample Film",
        "year_from": 2019,
        "year_to": 2019
      }
    ],
    "television": [],
    "theatre": [],
    "award": []
  },
  "homepage_url": "https://www.example.com",
  "agency_profile_url": "https://www.my-agency/my-profile",
  "imdb_link": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1234",
  "imdb_id": "nm1234",
  "facebook_page": "my-facebook-page",
  "instagram_username": "my-instagram-name",
  "wikipedia_url": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/my-wikipedia-page",
  "country": "DE",
  "state": "DE-RP",
  "gender": "m",
  "updated_at": "2021-06-22T16:14:11.519+02:00"
}

This endpoint retrieves a specific crew profile.

HTTP Request

GET https://www.filmmakers.eu/api/v1/crew_profiles/<ID>

URL Parameters

Parameter	Description
ID	The ID of the crew profile to retrieve

Query Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
enum	null	If set to translate, attributes are translated if possible (e.g., gender will be male or männlich instead of m). Note that arrays and hashes will be joined to strings when translating.
locale	en	Translates attributes with closed lists. Possible values are: en, de, fr, it, es, pl, ro, ru, tr. Only has an effect if enum is set to translate.

Response Fields

The JSON structure will include relevant crew-related fields similar to those shown above. Not all fields are guaranteed to appear in every profile, and additional fields may be added without notice. Important fields include:

• id: Unique ID of the crew profile
• first_name, last_name, name: Strings representing the person's name
• gender: m, f, or i in the default form; can be expanded/translated if enum=translate is set
• professions: Array of strings indicating the crew member’s areas of expertise (e.g., ["regie", "autor", "kamera"])
• languages: JSON object, e.g., { "deutsch": "muttersprachlich" }
• representative: JSON object with id and name of the representing agent
• talent_agency_id: ID of the primary talent agency representing the crew member
• pictures: Array of JSON objects with information about each uploaded picture
• showreels, showreel_ids, showreel_medium_ids: Showreels connected to the profile
• vita: Structured data about film/theatre/TV credits, awards, etc.
• country, state: Country and state codes (or translated values if enum=translate is used)