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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Near the end of the video, the unseen cameraperson flips the notebook to a page containing a diagram of the church and stabs the diagram with a knife.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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
Subsequent images showed the session getting hilariously more chaotic as the cameraperson snapped away.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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
Subsequent images showed the session getting hilariously more chaotic as the cameraperson snapped away.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Apr. 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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