# search by director, actor, writer ..

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-by-director-actor-writer/52540>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [January 3, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-by-director-actor-writer/52540 "2014-01-03T20:02:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![xua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/977dab/32.png) [@xua](https://forums.plex.tv/u/xua)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-by-director-actor-writer/52540/1 "2014-01-03T20:02:03Z")

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It would be wonderful if we could search by actor, director, writer, etc. Not just by title.  
  
  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![PewterFormula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@PewterFormula](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PewterFormula)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-by-director-actor-writer/52540/2 "2017-08-18T17:54:38Z")

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It’s been over three and a half years since this request. I still would like to see this happen. I used MyMovies prior to switching to Plex two years ago and it had actor searches long before that.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-by-director-actor-writer/52540/3 "2017-08-18T20:28:33Z")

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Can’t you?  
Via Plex web… typing a name in the search box will search for titles, actors, directors, shows, groups… It also worked last time I checked via my Android TV client.  
Also there’s still the option to use filtering (by actor, director…).

Or am I missing what you’re actually looking for?!

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-by-director-actor-writer/52540/4 "2021-01-15T13:10:35Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: implemented

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-by-director-actor-writer/52540/5 "2021-06-10T00:57:49Z")

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