cameraperson
noun
cam·era·per·son
ˈkam-rə-ˌpər-sᵊn 
ˈka-mə-rə-
variants
or camera person
plural camerapeople
ˈkam-rə-ˌpē-pəl
ˈka-mə-rə-
or camera people also camerapersons or camera persons
: a person who operates a camera (as for motion pictures or television) : a cameraman or camerawoman
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One of his first gigs was actually as a cameraperson and one of several editors on Woodstock, the lodestar of all modern concert films.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
In it, the cameraperson walks through a cluttered storage area and down stairs to a basement, where there are large piles of dirt and debris including a chair, clothing, construction materials, boxes and what appears to be a children's high chair.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
Subsequent images showed the session getting hilariously more chaotic as the cameraperson snapped away.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Moments later, the man reappeared and tried to approach them yet again, but their cameraperson and another individual off-camera kept him away from the three women, who were visibly and audibly concerned.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
In it, the cameraperson walks through a cluttered storage area and down stairs to a basement, where there are large piles of dirt and debris including a chair, clothing, construction materials, boxes and what appears to be a children's high chair.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
Subsequent images showed the session getting hilariously more chaotic as the cameraperson snapped away.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Moments later, the man reappeared and tried to approach them yet again, but their cameraperson and another individual off-camera kept him away from the three women, who were visibly and audibly concerned.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cameraperson
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“Cameraperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cameraperson. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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