I hope I'm not reopening and old can of worms here.  I'm auditing the profile of a movie called "Music Box" directed by Costa-Gavras.  He is credited in the opening credits with the dash (hyphen) but in the online DB he only exists as Costa//Gavras.

I searched the net and apparently his real name is Constantinos Gavras (Wikipedia).  Not sure what do do here, should I put Constantinos Gavras as common name and Costa-Gavras in the "Credited as" ?  If I do that, how my dozens of profiles could that potentially screw up ?

Quoting Rifter:

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The dash is an anomaly.

I thought it was a hyphen .

I googled him and everywhere he is referred to as Costa-Gavras (It's a hyphenized dash, and no, it is not a dashed hyphen which is a completely different thing  )

I was gonna put Costa-Gavras// but I doubt it will pass the automatic screening.

Since Costa is short for Constantinos, the man's name is Costa Gavras so I entered him as Costa Gavras credited as Costa-Gavras.

At worst the contribution will be rejected.

Quoting m.cellophane:

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Brave.

One last burst of spontaneity before I settle down and start acting my age

Wikipedia: Constantin Gavras

Encyclopedia.com

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Constantine Costa-Gavras
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[orig. Konstantinos Gavras] (born Feb. 12, 1933, Loutra-Iraias, Greece) Greek-French film director. He left Greece to study in Paris, where he became an assistant to filmmakers such as René Clair. He directed his first film, The Sleeping Car Murders, in 1966. His drama of political assassination, Z (1968, Academy Award), brought him international fame. He later directed political thrillers such as The Confession (1970), State of Siege (1972), Missing (1982, Academy Award), and Mad City (1997). He became president of the Cinémathèque Française in 1982.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

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born Feb. 12, 1933, Loutra-Iraias, Greece


byname of  Konstantin Gavras  Greek-born naturalized French motion-picture director noted for films that have been both political arguments and entertainments (usually as mysteries or thrillers). He was perhaps more overtly political than any other major filmmaker in history.

The son of a Russian-born father and a Greek mother, Costa-Gavras left Athens in 1952 to go to Paris, …

It seems to me that although he prefers to be called and credited as costa-gavras, his name is actually Konstantin Gavras

Quoting Rifter:

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Costa is his first name.  Short for Constantinos, like Billy is short for William, or Ed for Edward.  Enter it just the way it appears in the credits.  Forget about all this 'common name' hooey.  The dash is an anomaly.

So he should ignore the credits?  What ever happened to 'as credited'? 

Quoting Touti:

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I googled him and everywhere he is referred to as Costa-Gavras (It's a hyphenized dash, and no, it is not a dashed hyphen which is a completely different thing  )

I was gonna put Costa-Gavras// but I doubt it will pass the automatic screening.

Why wouldn't this pass the screening? If you explain in your notes that this is how he's credited, then it shouldn't be declined.

You've now chosen Costa Gavras as his common name - but do you know for a fact that he's ever been credited like this in any of his movies, and that this is how he is commonly credited? I disagree completely with your using this as a common name based on those sources, and especially since Ken hasn't stated how he wants us to use the common name function. He should be contributed as credited, which is
Costa-Gavras/ /

When in doubt, do NOT use "Common name"/"credited as", just use what's in the actual credits - then you can't go wrong!