Submitted my bio update a while back and it's still not yet been updated... :(

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I submitted an update for my bio quite a while ago and it's still not yet been updated. Can you please update my bio because I have a couple of projects coming up and I would like to have an accurate info about me and my work. Any response is appreciated. Thanks.
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Rujanee: Please post your last full data submission here on this message board. You can copy it out of the receipt you would have received from IMDb by e-mail immediately after sending it in. Some of the regulars on the board may review it and, if they can, they may provide suggestions as to how to improve the submission to get it included in the database. (Also, please include the submission reference number -- it's an 18-digit number that will look something like 150123-123456-789000.)
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IMDb update receipt #150904-133403-592000

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Text: Rujanee Mahakanjana is a Thai-American filmmaker who was born on November 3 to a Thai family in Bangkok and now lives and works in Chicago. Since 2006, she has worked on a wide range of projects, from short presentation videos to long-form film productions. Her work contains thought-provoking existential statements, metaphors, and symbolism, as well as satirical dark humor. She is known as the director of Random Seating (short) (2007), Man and His Erections (2009), and Parallel Universe (2010). Her current projects include Out of Sight (short) (2014), Light My Fire: The Burlesque Diaries (2015), and Lab 99 (2016).
Author: KM 

Please let me know if I need to do anything else to get this updated. Thank you. -R
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Hi again, 

I decided to submit for my bio update again just now. I edited some of the credits. Here's the update receipt #: 151011-163530-396000

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  • Mahakanjana, Rujanee
    • Biography - Replace
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        Text: Rujanee is a Thai-American filmmaker who was born to a Thai family in Bangkok but has been living and working in Chicago for nearly 20 years. Since 2006, she has worked on a wide range of projects, from short videos to long-form film productions. Her work contains thought-provoking existential statements, metaphors, and symbolism, as well as satirical dark humor. Her background in architecture has given her a firm foundation of an inside-out, physical and psychological philosophy in her visual work. Her directorial debut started with "Man and His Erections" (documentary feature, premiered at the Gene Siskel Film Center) and "Parallel Universe" (fantasy narrative feature), a short existential film entitled "Out of Sight" (premiered at 68th Festival De Cannes), "Light My Fire: The Burlesque Diaries" (documentary feature, Finalist at American Documentary Film Festi val and Film Fund 2015), and "Lab 99" (sci-fi romantic comedy feature, 2016).
        Author: KM
        Explanation: improving accuracy


        Please let me know if this can be done or any suggestions how to improve the submission, please respond. I really do need this updated. Thank you. -R

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I also just registered for imdb pro. 
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IMDb Pro will not help in getting data approved. If does allow you to set up a separate Resume page where you can place whatever biographical information you wish (as well as adding photos and contact data) but will not help get the main biography approved.

IMDb wants the bio it include personal history that is not necessarily related to their current activities. Your update removes the following information:
Her first industry achievement is when her parents took her to a TV game show called "Entertaining Family" when she was 5 as a contestant and won a battery-operated elephant drummer. Her fascination in the arts and multi-dimensional space began at an early age, watching one of her sisters sketch perspective watercolor drawings for school. Moved to Chicago at 17, she studied design and architecture in college and practiced in the field for a few years, before she went back to graduate school for her master's degree in Studio Art. Between 2004-2010, she taught art and design at various schools while running a creative mixed media studio.
This is exactly the type of information IMDb wants in a bio, so they are unlikely to approve an update that removes it.

You should read the Mini-Biographies Section of the Submission Guides: Biographical Information, which states in part:
The biography should provide a broad objective overview of the person; not just their latest credits or subjective opinion. We already have the person's filmography so the biography should detail additional personal information in chronological order. Biographies usually answer questions such as:
  • Where did the person grow up?
  • Who were their parents?
  • Which school did they attend?
  • How were they discovered?
  • What was their debut?
  • What was their breakthrough?
and
  • It is our policy not to remove biographies in their entirety, unless we receive an updated or amended version of a similar length
  • Replacing a biography that contains a good deal of background information with one containing almost no bio information (i.e. only includes their credits) will be considered the same as attempting to delete a biography
Note the last point. This is likely why your update is not being approved.