Poll: 25 Memorable Moments of IMDb from the Last 25 Years

Results of 552 votes:

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   Col Needham

    

   17 Oct 1990: Col Needham (founder and CEO of IMDb), posts a set of shell scripts to the USENET group rec.arts.movies creating a searchable database of filmography data, thus publicly launching IMDb in…
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   Col Needham at an event for IMDb on the Scene (2015)

    

   17 Oct 2015: IMDb celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
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   Steve Jobs

    

   07 Dec 2009: The IMDb “Movies & TV” app for iPhone/iPod goes live in the Apple App Store.
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   Col Needham

    

   07 May 1999: The IMDb Message boards launch.
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   Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    

   26 Sept 2013: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is IMDb’s first-ever guest editor.
6. 6.
   

   Col Needham

    

   09 Sep 2003: IMDb surpasses 1,000,000 registered users.
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   Jeff Bezos

    

   24 Apr 1998: IMDb officially becomes an Amazon.com company.
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   Col Needham, president and CEO of IMDb

    

   07 Mar 1997: IMDb wins the Webby Award in the Film category at the first annual Webby Awards.
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   Paul Haggis, Col Needham, and Olivia Wilde

    

   09 Sept 2013: Actress Olivia Wilde receives IMDb’s first-ever “STARmeter Award” at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival.
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    Col Needham

     

    05 Dec 2001: IMDbPro launches.
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    Taika Waititi, Col Needham, and Dina Rosenmeier

     

    30 July 2010: IMDb launches Android app and announces “IMDb Everywhere” initiative.
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    Amy Landecker and Col Needham

     

    10 Dec 2010: Apple selects IMDb’s “Movies & TV” app as one of the 10 best free apps of 2010. 14 Dec 2010: MacWorld names IMDb’s “Movies & TV” app the #1 reference app of the year. 18 Dec 2010:…
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    Col Needham

     

    11 Jan 2012: Col Needham, IMDb’s Founder and CEO, is included on The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Digital Power 50 list. Other industry leaders who also ranked on the 2012 list include Amazon.com’s Jef…
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    Col Needham, Natasha Bishop, and Keith Simanton

     

    April 2015: Total Film ranks IMDb #35 on its annual Future 100 List which chronicles "the most important people, films and trends shaping cinema."
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    James Franco and Col Needham at an event for The IMDb Studio at Sundance (2015)

     

    Aug 2010: IMDb’s mobile website (m.imdb.com) launches.
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    Jennifer Connelly and Col Needham at an event for The IMDb Studio at Sundance (2015)

     

    18 Dec 2014: The Sundance Institute announces that Col Needham, Founder and CEO of IMDb, has been selected as a 2015 Sundance Film Festival juror in the World Cinema Dramatic category.
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    Col Needham and Lucy Walker

     

    17 Jan 2008: IMDb acquires Withoutabox.
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    Paul Mezey and Col Needham

     

    07 July 2008: IMDb acquires Box Office Mojo.
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    #140Characters: A Documentary About Twitter (2011)

     

    31 May 2011: Twitter launches Follow Button; IMDb is the featured launch partner.
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    Melanie McFarland

     

    23 Sept 2013: Melanie McFarland, IMDb’s TV Editor, ties for first place in GoldDerby.com’s annual critics Emmy Awards poll.
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    Tim Daly, Robin Bronk, Col Needham, and Jay Cohen

     

    06 May 2014: Col Needham joins the board of Into Film.
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    James Franco, Col Needham, and Emily Glassman at an event for The IMDb Studio at Sundance (2015)

     

    23 Jan 2015: The IMDb & Amazon Instant Video Studio opens at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
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    IMDb Managing Editor, Keith Simanton

     

    Feb 2015: Keith Simanton, IMDb’s Senior Film Editor, ties for first place in GoldDerby.com’s annual critics Oscar poll.
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    Paul Mezey, Col Needham, and Amanda Nevill

     

    30 May 2006: IMDb Resume launches.
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    Jason Blum, Janet Pierson, and Col Needham

     

    05 Sept 2014: The Creative Coalition honors Col Needham for his work in independent film at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.