Abbreviations
Abbreviations for publications apply in particular to fiction films made during 1896 – 1996, the period covered by The Irish Filmography, though many of the Irish-originating publications cover all periods and formats.
Publications, Organisations and Countries
| AC | American Cinematographer |
| AFI | Catalog The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures MPST Produced in the United States (five volumes) |
| AKJ | Australian Kinematograph Journal |
| AMB | American Mutoscope & Biograph Co AU/Aus Australia |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BBC NI | British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland, Belfast |
| BFI | British Film Institute |
| Bio | The Bioscope |
| BNFC | British National Film Catalogue |
| BNFVC | British National Film & Video Council, London |
| Box | Box Office |
| CAN | Canada |
| CE | Cork Examiner |
| CL | City Limits |
| COI | Central Office of Information, London |
| DC | Daily Cinema |
| DEM | Dublin Evening Mail |
| DFR | Daily Film Renter |
| DV | Daily Variety |
| DW | Daily Worker |
| Edison Cat | Edison Manufacturing Co Catalog |
| EE | Evening Echo (Cork) |
| EH | Evening Herald (Dublin) |
| EP | Evening Press (Dublin) |
| ET | Evening Telegraph (Dublin) |
| ETR | Exhibitor's Trade Review |
| Exh | The Exhibitor |
| F&F | Films and Filming |
| FBN | Film Base News (Dublin) |
| FD | Film Daily |
| FI | Film Ireland |
| FJ | Freeman's Journal (Dublin) |
| FMR | Father Matthew Record |
| FQ | Film Quarterly |
| FR/Fr | France |
| FT | Financial Times |
| FW | Film Weekly |
| GB | Great Britain |
| GEH | George Eastman House, Rochester, New York |
| GER/Ger | Germany |
| Gifford | Denis Gifford, The British Film Catalogue 1895-1970 (1973) |
| HF | Hollywood Filmograph |
| HR | Hollywood Reporter |
| ID | In Dublin |
| IFA | Irish Film Archive |
| II | The Irish Independent |
| IL | Irish Limelight |
| IP | The Irish Press |
| Iph | International Photographer |
| IR/Irl | Ireland |
| IT | The Irish Times |
| ITN | Independent Television News, London |
| IWM | Imperial War Museum, London |
| JFD | Jewish Film Directory |
| KW | The Kinematograph Weekly |
| LAEx | Los Angeles Examiner |
| LAHE | Los Angeles Herald Express |
| LAT | Los Angeles Times |
| LC | Library of Congress |
| LFA | Limerick Film Archive |
| Lubin Cat | Lubin Catalog |
| MFB | Monthly Film Bulletin |
| MOMA | Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| MPD | Motion Picture Daily |
| MPG | The Motion Picture Guide |
| MPH | Motion Picture Herald |
| MP Int | Moving Pictures International |
| MPSI | Motion Picture Studio Insider |
| MPN | The Motion Picture News |
| MPST | Motion Picture Story Magazine |
| MPW | The Moving Picture World |
| NBC | National Broadcasting Corporation, USA |
| NFTVA | National Film and Television Archive, London |
| NFSA | National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra |
| NIFTVC | Northern Ireland Film & TV Commission, Belfast |
| NL | Holland |
| NME | New Musical Express |
| NYC | New York Clipper |
| NYDM | The New York Dramatic Mirror |
| NYHT | New York Herald Tribune |
| NYR | New York Review |
| NYT | New York Tribune |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| PFA | Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley |
| PRONI | Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast |
| RTÉ | Radio Telefis Éireann |
| SBP | Sunday Business Post (Dublin) |
| SI | Sunday Independent (Dublin) |
| SP | Sunday Press (Dublin) |
| SR | The Sunday Review (Dublin) |
| S&S | Sight and Sound |
| ST | Sunday Tribune (Dublin) |
| TC | Today’s Cinema |
| TCA | The Cinema |
| TG4 | TG4 |
| TO | Time Out |
| TV3 | TV3 |
| UCLA | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| UFTM | Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, NI, Northern Ireland |
| UK | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| USA | United States of America |
| UTV | Ulster Television, Belfast |
| UUC | University of Ulster, Coleraine |
| Var | Variety |
| VarB | Variety Bulletin |
| WCFTR | Wisconsin Centre for Film and Theatre Research |
| Wids | Wid’s Film Daily |
| WPA | WPA Film Library, USA |
ABBREVIATIONS General Terms and Production Credits
| a. | assistant |
| accnt. | accountant |
| accom, .m. | accommodation manager |
| accomp. | accompaniment |
| ad. | advertisement |
| adapt. | adaptation by |
| addtl. | additional |
| adv. | advisor |
| aka | also known as/alternative title |
| anim. | animation |
| arrg.(music) | arranged by |
| art d. | art director |
| assoc. | associate |
| b. | date of birth |
| b&w | black and white |
| boom op. | boom operator |
| Br. | Brother (religious) |
| bus. m. | business manager |
| ca. | circa |
| c. op. | camera operator |
| c. | cameraperson |
| capt. | captain |
| cast. | casting |
| cat. | catalog/catalogue |
| choreo. | choreography by |
| cnstl. | consultant |
| cnstr. m. | construction manager |
| Co. | Company/County |
| col. | colour |
| Col. | Colonel |
| cont. | continuity |
| co-ord. | co-ordinator |
| co-p. | co-producer |
| Corp. | Corporation |
| cost. | costume designer |
| d. | director |
| dec. | decorator |
| dept. | department |
| dial. d. | dialogue director |
| distr. | distributor |
| dop. | director of photography |
| Dr. | Doctor |
| dsgn. | designer |
| dub. ed. | (sound) dubbing editor |
| dub. mix | (sound) dubbing mixer |
| ed.film | editor |
| elec. | electrician |
| engr. | engineer |
| exec. p. | executive producer |
| Fr. | Father (religious) |
| ft. | feet |
| hair. | hairdresser |
| int. dec. | interior decorator |
| Jr. | Junior |
| Lieut. | Lieutenant |
| light, c. | lighting cameraperson |
| line p. | line producer |
| loc. m. | location manager |
| lyr. | lyrics written by |
| m. | music composed by |
| m. c. | music conductor |
| m. cnstl. | music consultant |
| make-up | make-up artist |
| mech. | mechanic |
| m.d. | musical director |
| mins. | minutes |
| mm. | millimetre |
| m.p. | music performed by |
| m. prod. | music production |
| m.rd. | music recorded by |
| mfg. | manufacturing |
| narr. | narrated by |
| neg. | negative |
| No. | number |
| orch.c. | orchestra conductor |
| orig. | original |
| p.a. | production assistant |
| p.accnt. | production accountant |
| p.assoc. | production associate |
| p.super. | production supervisor |
| p.c. | production company |
| p.cnstl. | production consultant |
| p.d. | production designer |
| p. | producer |
| perf.by. | performed by |
| ph. | photographer |
| p.buyer. | production buyer |
| p.m. | production manager |
| p.sec. | production secretary |
| p.super. | production supervisor |
| p.cntrl. | production controller |
| post-prod. | post-production |
| post-sync. | post-synchronisation |
| pres. | presented by |
| prod.numbers | production numbers |
| prog. | programme |
| publ. | publicity |
| rec. | recording |
| Rel. | release date |
| Rev. | Reverend |
| rd.d. | recording director |
| re-rd. | re-recording |
| repro. | reproduction |
| s. | sound recordist |
| sc. | screenplay or scenario writer |
| sc.cnstr. | script construction |
| sc.co-ord. | script co-ordinator |
| sc.dev. | script development |
| s.dsgn. | sound designer |
| s.effs.ed. | sound effects editor |
| set snstr. | set construction |
| set dec. | set decorator/set dresser |
| set.dsgn. | set design |
| s.ed. | sound editor |
| s.effs. | sound effects |
| s.mix. | sound mixer |
| sp.adv. | special advisor |
| sp.effs. | special effects |
| Sr. | Senior/Sister (religious) |
| super | supervisor |
| suppl. | supplement |
| tec.adv. | technical advisor |
| tec.d. | technical director |
| trad. | traditional |
| trans. | translator |
| TX | television transmission date |
| unit.m. | unit manager |
| (V) | film viewed by the editor |
| Vol. | volume |
| ward. | wardrobe |