cinematographer

[ sin-uh-muh-tog-ruh-fer ]

noun

1. a person whose profession is video photography, especially for feature-length movies.
2. director of photography.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinematographer¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; cinematograph + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“As a single frame, the image is symbolic to the tone of the whole movie,” says cinematographer Lawrence Sher.

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“It was intense,” Ranabir Das, the movie’s cinematographer, says over the phone.

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That being said, the director, a cinematographer making his feature debut, isn’t anywhere near David Lynch’s kind of subconscious-melting brilliance.

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“There are many cinematographers whose work is beautiful, but there isn’t an organicity to the cinematic language in what they do,” Cuarón says.

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It was the debut for De Bont as a director following a successful career as a cinematographer on films such as “Die Hard” and “Basic Instinct.”

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