Film citation omitting director name in bib.

ClareGeraghty · January 9, 2023

Hi there,

I am using Zotero 6.0.10 on a Mac OS Ventura 13.1, with Word 16.68. Referencing style is Harvard, University College Cork specifically. I have been told that this is a dependent of the Anglia Rushkin University style.

I am trying to cite a film using the Zotero plug in for Word. The in-text citation is fine (shows the film title and the year). The problem is that the citation in the bibliography is missing the director, even though I have entered that in Zotero. The bib. reads: Title, Year, Distributor.

How can I fix?

Many thanks

damnation · January 9, 2023

ARU clearly shows that they don't want a director's name for films:
https://library.aru.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm

ClareGeraghty · January 10, 2023

Thanks for your reply. However, the guide linked shows the following advice for citing films:

'For a film the suggested elements should include:

Title, Year of release. [medium] Director. Country of origin: Film studio.

(e.g.) Macbeth, 1948. [film] Directed by Orson Welles. USA: Republic Pictures'

Many thanks for your help and apologies if I am missing something here.

damnation · January 10, 2023

Try this. Note that the Director also needs to be entered as "Director".

I get:
Se7en. 1995. [DVD] Directed by David Fincher. New Line Cinema. Available at: .

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citation-style-language/styles/d79b34c6c97a62f0da7c7373b70ff48eededc005/harvard-anglia-ruskin-university.csl

(You need to choose the ARU style in your document, not the Corcaigh one)

ClareGeraghty · January 11, 2023

Thank you. I have changed the style of the document to ARU at least, but I don't know what to do with the link you sent. Apologies, new to this!

damnation · January 11, 2023

With Zotero open, click on that link. It should bring up a window to install it.
If not, right click on the link, save as and install with a double click/via the Zotero preferences. Then refresh your document's citations.

lauragayle · January 11, 2023

I'm having this issue with the Chicago 17 full note style too, and the director should be displaying in the citation. My styles are up-to-date in Zotero.