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Dinnerladies (TV series)

dinnerladies is Victoria Wood's BBC One sitcom (1998-2000, 16 episodes), set entirely in a Manchester factory canteen, starring Wood as Bren alongside Andrew Dunn, Julie Walters, and Anne Reid.

Dino De Laurentiis

Dino De Laurentiis (Agostino De Laurentiis, 1919-2010), Italian-American film producer of La Strada, Serpico, King Kong, Dune, and Hannibal; founded Dinocittà and DEG, pioneered pre-sales financing, won the 2001 Thalberg Award.

Dino Fetscher

Dino Fetscher is a Welsh actor, born 1988 in Cardiff, trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Known for Banana, Paranoid, Humans, an Olivier-nominated The Normal Heart, Foundation's Glawen Curr, and Fool Me Once's DC Marty McGregor.

Dino Morea

Dino Morea (born 1975, Bangalore) is an Indian actor, model, and producer known for Raaz (2002) with Bipasha Basu, the series The Empire, Telugu debut Agent (2023), and ventures like Fresh Press and Pet Fed.

Dino Morea filmography

Dino Morea filmography: Indian actor and former model (born 1975, Bengaluru). Debut Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1999); breakthrough Raaz (2002); Hindi hiatus after Pyaar Impossible (2010); Telugu debut Agent, Malayalam Bandra (2023); returned with Housefull 5 (2025).

Dino Ranch: Island Explorers

Dino Ranch: Island Explorers is a 52x11' 3D animated preschool spin-off of Dino Ranch, created by Matthew Fernandes, following the Cassidy family and Uncle Jack on Dino Island; it debuted on CBC in November 2025 and Amazon Kids+ in April 2026.

Dino Shafeek

Dino Shafeek (Gholam D. Shafeek, 1930–1984) was a Bangladeshi-born British comedy actor, Char Wallah Muhammed in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (56 episodes) and Ali Nadim in Mind Your Language (29 episodes), active 1967–1983.

Dino Stamatopoulos

Dino Stamatopoulos (Konstantinos Stamatopoulos, born 1964, Norridge, Illinois) is an American comedy writer and actor, Emmy winner for The Ben Stiller Show, creator of Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, and Starburns on Community.

Dinosaur (2000 film)

Dinosaur, also known as Disney's Dinosaur, is a 2000 animated adventure film following Aladar, an iguanodon raised by lemurs, as he joins a herd searching for nesting grounds.

Dinosaur King (古代王者恐竜キング) (TV series)

Dinosaur King (古代王者恐竜キング Dキッズ・アドベンチャー) is a Sunrise anime adapted from Sega's 2005 dinosaur card/arcade game; 49 episodes (2007-2008), D-Team vs Alpha Gang, 4Kids English dub premiered on US TV September 8, 2007.

Dinosaur Train

Dinosaur Train is a PBS KIDS CGI-animated preschool series created by Craig Bartlett, produced by The Jim Henson Company, premiering September 2009, featuring Buddy the T. rex and his adoptive Pteranodon family.

Dinosaurs (TV series)

Dinosaurs (1991–1994, ABC) is an American family sitcom, based on a Jim Henson idea, about the Sinclair dinosaur family living in 60,000,003 B.C. in Pangaea, performed with Henson Creature Shop animatronic puppets and known for Baby's "Not the mama!" and its satirical finale.

Dinotopia (miniseries)

Dinotopia (2002): a six-hour Hallmark Entertainment miniseries on ABC, directed by Marco Brambilla, adapted from James Gurney's books about castaway brothers in a human-dinosaur world; $80 million budget and record 1,800 VFX shots.

Dinotrux

Dinotrux is a DreamWorks Animation computer-animated Netflix series (2015-2017, 5 seasons, 52 episodes, plus Dinotrux Supercharged) based on Chris Gall's 2009 picture book, about half-dinosaur, half-construction-vehicle creatures led by Ty Rux against the bully D-Structs.

Dio Brando

Dio Brando (DIO), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure villain from Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders, an adopted Joestar who becomes a vampire via the Stone Mask and wields the Stand The World.

Diogo Morgado

Diogo Morgado (born 1981, Lisbon) is a Portuguese actor, director, and writer, the "Hot Jesus" of The Bible and Son of God, known for Laços de Sangue, CSI: Cyber, The Messengers, and directing O Lugar dos Sonhos.

Dion Boucicault

Dion Boucicault, born Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot, was an Irish actor and playwright of the nineteenth century, known for the melodramas London Assurance, The Colleen Bawn, and The Shaughraun.

Diona Reasonover

Diona Reasonover (born 1992, Detroit) is an American actor and writer, the Kasie Hines forensic scientist on CBS's NCIS since Season 15, also a WGA-nominated writer and Periodic Talks podcast co-host.

Dionysia (Διονύσια)

Dionysia (Διονύσια), the Attic festivals of Dionysus: the deme-level Rural Dionysia in Poseideon and the City or Great Dionysia in Elaphebolion, whose dramatic and dithyrambic competitions staged most surviving Greek drama.

Diora Baird

Diora Baird, American actress and former model born 1983 in Miami, known for Wedding Crashers, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Playboy August 2005 cover, and Cobra Kai's Shannon.

Diorsman (屌丝男士)

Diorsman (屌丝男士, Diors Man) is a Sohu Video web sitcom created by and starring Da Peng, running four seasons 2012–2015, adapted from Germany's Knallerfrauen, with about 1.7 billion views and a 2014 censorship takedown.

Dipika Chikhlia

Dipika Chikhlia, also credited Deepika Chikhalia Topiwala, is an Indian actress born 1965 in Mumbai, famous as Sita in Ramanand Sagar's 1987 Doordarshan Ramayan; later a 1991 member of Parliament and producer of Dhartiputra Nandini.

Dipika Kakar

Dipika Kakar Ibrahim (Faiza), born 1986 in Pune, is an Indian TV actress known as Simar in Sasural Simar Ka (2011-2017), winner of Bigg Boss 12 (2018), lead of Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum, and diagnosed with stage 2 liver cancer in 2025.

Dipo Ola

Dipo Ola (born 1994, Ibadan, Nigeria) is a British actor, writer, and director trained at the Oxford School of Drama, known for DI Russell Carter in Ludwig, Baba in We Hunt Together, and Douglas Hylton in Landscapers.

Dipper Pines

Dipper Pines (Mason "Dipper" Pines) is the boy protagonist of Disney's animated Gravity Falls, twin of Mabel, voiced by Jason Ritter, who solves the Oregon town's paranormal mysteries using Journal 3.

Direct-to-video

Direct-to-video, also called straight-to-video or direct-to-DVD, is film distribution without a theatrical run, on VHS or DVD; prominent in the US since the mid-1980s and in Japan as V-Cinema, later absorbed into streaming-era digital-first release.

Director X

Director X (Julien Christian Lutz, born 1975, Toronto), formerly Little X, is a Canadian music video and film director, protégé of Hype Williams, known for Drake's "Hotline Bling", Rihanna's "Work", and films Superfly and Across the Line.

Director's cut

Director's cut: a film version presenting the director's own edit, from the DGA's 1964 contractual right to the marketing label on longer home-video and streaming releases, distinct from the theatrical cut, final cut, and restored versions.

Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America (DGA), formerly Screen Directors Guild: US labor guild founded 1936, 19,500+ members, bargaining agent for directors, ADs, and UPMs under the 2023–2026 Basic Agreement with the AMPTP.

Diriliş: Ertuğrul

Diriliş: Ertuğrul (Resurrection: Ertuğrul) is a Turkish historical drama (2014–2019, TRT 1, 150 episodes, five seasons) about Ertuğrul Gazi and the Kayı tribe, produced by Mehmet Bozdağ, exported to 71 countries, and succeeded by Kuruluş: Osman.