documentarian
noun
doc·u·men·tar·i·an
ˌdä-kyə-mən-ˈter-ē-ən 
-ˌmen-,
-kyü-
: one who makes a documentary
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For fans of recent metal and rock documentaries, Dunn’s work stands out as some of best in the business, and there isn’t another documentarian that comes to mind that’d be a better fit for this monumental production.
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Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning documentarian, has died.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 2025
In 2025, Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders documentarians Yotam Guendelman and Ari Pines got their man — or at least, the Netflix filmmakers got the FBI’s lone suspect, James Lewis, to speak in great length on camera.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
The pieces were passed to Maziar Bahari, an Iranian Canadian documentarian who was himself detained in Evin for a hundred and eighteen days during the Green Movement protests.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning documentarian, has died.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 2025
In 2025, Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders documentarians Yotam Guendelman and Ari Pines got their man — or at least, the Netflix filmmakers got the FBI’s lone suspect, James Lewis, to speak in great length on camera.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
The pieces were passed to Maziar Bahari, an Iranian Canadian documentarian who was himself detained in Evin for a hundred and eighteen days during the Green Movement protests.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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“Documentarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/documentarian. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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