• d.p. -- director of photography; "Alan Smithee was d.p. on the helmer's last two projects."
• deejay (also d.j.) -- Commonly used term originally coined by Variety meaning disc jockey; "The station is changing its drivetime deejay."
• DGA -- Directors Guild of America, the union of film and TV directors, assistant directors and unit production managers.
• diskery -- record company; "The artist signed a five-album deal with the diskery last year."
• distrib -- distributor; "Paramount is the distrib on the project, which will begin lensing in May."
• distribbery -- distribution company; "Two former studio execs are forming a new distribbery based in New York."
• doc, docu -- documentary; "The new Neil Young doc has scored well with the critics."
• dramedy -- A TV show that could be labeled both a comedy and a drama, usually an hour long. Also, a film or theater show that could be labeled as either -- or perhaps fails at both; "Fox Family Channel series 'State of Grace,' a single-camera dramedy about two 12-year-old girls growing up in '60s North Carolina, targets the underserved female tweens demographic with hope of generating a tag-along parental audience."
• ducats -- tickets; "Scalpers were selling Rolling Stones ducats for as much as $500 apiece."

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