filmmaker

noun

film·​mak·​er ˈfilm-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce filmmaker (audio)
: one who makes movies

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Emily Ratajkowski hard-launched her relationship with French filmmaker Romain Gavras in a February 19 Instagram carousel post. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026 While none of the three men would be interviewed, Fischer had decades of quotes and conducted his own interviews with hundreds of people in the filmmakers’ orbits to get a fuller and more honest story. Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026 Advertisement In hopes of repairing his reputation, Reggie hires an Oscar-winning filmmaker, Daniel Radcliffe’s Arthur Tobin, to direct a flattering doc about him. Judy Berman, Time, 20 Feb. 2026 Launched in 2004 as a joint initiative between the festival and the German Federal Cultural Foundation to support filmmakers in places with a fragile filmmaking infrastructure, the fund has supported more than 320 films over its 22 years of existence. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for filmmaker

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of filmmaker was in 1908

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“Filmmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filmmaker. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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