filmmaker

[film-mey-ker]

noun

1. Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production.

   the leading young filmmakers of France.

2. a person who makes film, especially for use in photography.

Other Word Forms

• filmmaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of filmmaker¹

First recorded in 1905–10; film + maker

Example Sentences

Yet it was a role in front of the camera that positioned him to become one of the most acclaimed and fearless filmmakers in the world.

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Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola, like fellow US filmmaker Allen, also paid tribute to the "extraordinary" actress over the weekend.

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“The Perfect Neighbor” feels like a daring approach in an age when context is in short supply and documentary filmmakers can avail themselves of narration and original interviews to tell the full story.

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But “After the Hunt” feels like a messy first-draft script, shoddily directed, rather than an accomplished feature from a veteran filmmaker.

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The filmmaker was drawn to one trait in particular: “The eyes of Jacob were incredibly soulful and incredibly profound, and he had a purity and a certain innocence,” Del Toro says.

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