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

Examples of cameraperson in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At other points in the 102-second video, Hill asked the cameraperson to stop filming, placed an orange traffic cone on his head, and posed in the middle of the street. —Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025

One of his first gigs was actually as a cameraperson and one of several editors on Woodstock, the lodestar of all modern concert films. —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

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cameraperson

• businessperson
• chairperson
• layperson
• salesperson
• person
• worsen