director of photography

[ dih-rek-ter uhv fuh-tog-ruh-fee ]

noun

, Movies.

1. a person who is responsible for all operations concerning camera work and lighting during the production of a film. : DP

Word History and Origins

Origin of director of photography¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

But Tom Krueger, who spent a month with the band while working as a director of photography on 2013’s “One Direction: This Is Us” documentary, said Payne kept any struggles under the surface.

From Los Angeles Times

Regardless of the series’ quality, I had burned out on Tony and his crew some time before the end — though I watched it until the end and the infamous moment when the screen went black, as Tony looked toward the door of the diner where he was meeting his family — a non-ending director of photography Alik Sakharov calls “a resolution of irresolution.”

From Los Angeles Times

Filming began in Lochwinnoch in 2007, using a cabin owned by friends of the film's director of photography.

From BBC

Cinematographer Jac Fitzgerald, who’d earlier worked on “The King” with “Masters’” primary director of photography, Adam Arkapaw, came on board for Episodes 5 and 6 alongside directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.

From Los Angeles Times

For the opening scenes, the director of photography, Ben Wilson, and I wanted to set up an early-morning blue feel, which was actually going to occupy the way you would watch the episode.

From Los Angeles Times