director of photography

noun phrase

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

Examples of director of photography in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Behind the camera, Armin Golisano (Manitou’s Canoe) served as director of photography, Christoph Kanter (The White Ribbon, Chantal im Maerchenland) as production designer, and Mara Laibacher (Babo – The Haftbefehl Story) is costume designer. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Erik Messerschmidt serves as the film’s director of photography. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

Paul Yee is the director of photography for the film and Parker Lutz will advise on production design. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

That’s probably how director of photography Gregory Middleton did it too. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

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