IMovie can't see videos in iPhoto

Hi Folks,
I'm a brand new Mac user (3 days) so please go very easy on me!!
I have searched using google and tried a few things so far as I know it's better to only come to forums as a last resort as most of the answers are already out there....Well I can't seem to find the answer to the question I have and would be very grateful if any of you seasoned folks could shed some light on a small issue I have...
iPhoto has all my videos and photos which were taken using an iPod 4 and an iPhone 4. I can see all the videos and photos perfectly in iPhoto and they all play perfectly.
iMovie is able to see the videos that have been imported to iPhoto that were taken on the iPod. Any videos that have been taken on the iPhone it can't see.
It isn't an compatability issue as if I export a video from iPhoto to my desktop and then manually load that into iMovie, the video plays.
I'm stumped......I have loads of videos swashing around my iPhoto account that I'm desperate to see and edit in iMovie, but it has only given me a fraction of those videos and they were all recorded on the iPod....
It's as if iMovie isn't able to see the iPhoto database and read all the videos. Should it be able to see the videos in iPhoto? (the drop down menu in iMovie suggests it should)
Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks
Maverick

Unfortunately I think this happens a lot to people and there's not a simple fix. As you discovered there is a workaround (export from iPhoto to the desktop, import into iMovie directly). But once the connection to iPhoto Videos in the Event Folder stops working, I haven't seen anyone write back to the group yet with a fix.
One thing I've suggested but doesn't seem to fix it is to try and repair the iPhoto Library. You can engage this function by holding down ⌘ Command key + Option key, then launch iPhoto.
Try different options, select different ones and let it run. Maybe try the permissions first? Maybe choose to rebuild all thumbnails? Then quit iPhoto and launch iMovie again and see if iPhoto Videos works in the Event Library.

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