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 Home Alone director Chris Columbus brought a family-friendly sense of wonder and whimsy to the first two Potter films — Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets — Warner Bros. opted to shake things up by hiring a new filmmaker with different sensibilities. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2024 In the live-action comic-book movie Furiosa, Australian filmmaker George Miller extends his Mad Max franchise that first made an international star of Mel Gibson. Armond White, National Review, 24 May 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 1 Jun. 2024.

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