documentarian

American  

[dok-yuh-men-tair-ee-uhn, -muhn-] / ˌdɒk yə mɛnˈtɛər i ən, -mən- /

Also documentarist

noun

1. Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.

2. a writer, photographer, or other artist whose work constitutes a document or documentary of an aspect of life.

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documentarian British  

/ ˌdɒkjʊmənˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. a person who makes documentary films

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Etymology

Origin of documentarian

First recorded in 1940–45; document(ary) + -arian

Example Sentences

Patterson, who died in 1972, hailed from the same region of Washington as Evans; the documentarian discovered that the hardscrabble cowboy had also been a gifted craftsman and artist.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shaw is a meticulous documentarian of his journeys.

From The Wall Street Journal

From the presence of the Indigenous Choctaw people to the segregated sides of the same street, Coogler paints a picture of 1930s America with a documentarian’s brush.

From Los Angeles Times

As a documentarian, Iwerks has explored Disney before as the director of “The Imagineering Story” and has a long career of films that touch on not just Hollywood but also politics and environmental issues.

From Los Angeles Times

Nine years ago, the documentarian John Wilson came to Sundance to shoot a six-minute short called “Escape From Park City,” satirizing a film festival he didn’t think would ever let him in.

From Los Angeles Times