filmmaker

noun

film·​mak·​er ˈfilm-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce filmmaker (audio)
: one who makes motion pictures

Examples of filmmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League presented the filmmaker with the honor in the cinema’s lobby, sharing why Lee was the perfect person to represent the movie theater chain’s location in the borough. Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024 Equally remarkably, the filmmakers have used artificial intelligence to create the voices of Shackleton and six of his crew members from fragments of audio recordings. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024 The filmmakers infuse a striking amount of hope into the narrative, finding compassion in strangers — everyone from a wealthy vacationing man (James Lance) who buys the starving couple an ice cream to a lovelorn young couple who give them the day’s unsold pastries. Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024 For once, everyone in a Kevin Smith movie is behaving in an age-appropriate fashion — including the filmmaker himself. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for filmmaker 

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of filmmaker was in 1908

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“Filmmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filmmaker. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

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