cinematographer

noun

cin·​e·​ma·​tog·​ra·​pher ˌsi-nə-mə-ˈtä-grə-fər 

: a specialist in cinematography

Examples of cinematographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Like pretty much every great cinematographer, Janusz Kamiński is Polish. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026

The cinematographer is Yedhu Radhakrishnan and the editor is Davis Palakal Manuel. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

The Larraín brothers were also producing the film, with Lelio’s regular cinematographer Benjamín Echazarreta on board as DP. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026

And The Eyes of Ghana’s composer Kris Bowers is here to transport us into the documentary about 93-year-old cinematographer Chris Hesse, the personal cameraman of Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah. — The Deadline Team, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cinematographer

• historiographer
• bibliographer
• choreographer
• lexicographer
• oceanographer
• radiographer
• biographer
• demographer
• ethnographer
• geographer
• hydrographer
• lithographer