director of photography

noun phrase

: the person who is in charge of filming for a movie

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Their guide to make sure their musical choices are authentic is music producer/composer Tim Lauer, who worked on Nashville and whose father was the director of photography for Robert Altman’s classic 1975 film, Nashville. Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025 Behind the camera, the project features Sarah Pérez Báez as line producer, Luis Enrique Carrión as director of photography and a screenplay by Miguel Yarull and Natalia Peralta, based on an original idea by Cabral himself. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025 Growing up in Denver, Lupe would ask her brother, a future director of photography, to shoot videos of her. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025 Robbie Ryan served as the director of photography, with the songs and score courtesy of none other than Bastille’s Dan Smith. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for director of photography

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“Director of photography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/director%20of%20photography. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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