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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And Valerie, the show and documentarian Jane (Laura Silverman) assured us, has grown over the 21 years.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
They will be rolled out again tonight for the live coverage of David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, which includes live celebrations of the beloved documentarian.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 May 2026
But the documentarian also has very high standards and can be imposing at times.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
Morgan, as Dinkins, is a colleague and eventually friend of a dweeby little documentarian played by Daniel Radcliffe, who starts out as the straight man and then inexorably becomes just as weird as everyone else in this show.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
They will be rolled out again tonight for the live coverage of David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, which includes live celebrations of the beloved documentarian.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 May 2026
But the documentarian also has very high standards and can be imposing at times.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
Morgan, as Dinkins, is a colleague and eventually friend of a dweeby little documentarian played by Daniel Radcliffe, who starts out as the straight man and then inexorably becomes just as weird as everyone else in this show.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
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“Documentarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/documentarian. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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