filmmaker

noun film·mak·er \ ˈfilm-ˌmā-kər \

|Updated on: 16 Aug 2018

Definition of filmmaker

: one who makes motion pictures

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Recent Examples of filmmaker from the Web

Curator-in-residence Astria Suparak and writer and filmmaker Brett Kashmere are emceeing a special event to mark the release of a sports-themed issue of the artist-run publication Incite Journal of Experimental Media.

— carolina a. miranda, latimes.com, "Datebook: Shots of old Route 66, dreamlike paintings and garments fashioned from paper," 12 July 2018
The film was directed, with fantastic verve, by first-time feature filmmaker Carlos Lopez Estrada, whose videos with Diggs and Casal prepared him well for this project.

— michael phillips, chicagotribune.com, "Buzzworthy 'Blindspotting' completes the great Oakland film trifecta of 2018," 12 July 2018
Washington’s McPherson Square on a lovely Saturday, where past and present met as filmmakers re-created the gaudy 1980s while the weird reality of 2018 hovered just out of frame.

— michael e. ruane, Washington Post, "Fantasy and reality clash as movie makers film Wonder Woman in D.C.," 7 July 2018
The indie studio had made its name by championing another Oakland filmmaker’s first feature: Ryan Coogler’s Sundance-winner Fruitvale Station.

— joseph bien-kahn, WIRED, "Radical As Ever, Boots Riley Takes On the Tech Boom," 4 July 2018
Top Gun: Maverick is being helmed by filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, Cruise’s director on the 2013 sci-fi drama Oblivion.

— alexia fernandez, PEOPLE.com, "Miles Teller Set to Play Goose's Son Opposite Tom Cruise in the Top Gun Sequel," 3 July 2018
Directed by out filmmaker Donna Deitch, the story follows Vivian (Helen Shaver), a mid-30s professor who stays at a ranch in Reno, Nevada, that houses women waiting for their divorces to finalize.

— jill gutowitz, Teen Vogue, "The 25 Best LGBTQ Movies to Watch," 28 June 2018
Daily chats, screenplay readings, industry meet and greets, filmmaker talk-backs and Q&As, musical performances and nightly after parties.

— luann gibbs, Cincinnati.com, "Summer festivals guide 2018," 21 June 2018
Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona toils in the world of monsters.

— nicole sperling, HWD, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Director J.A. Bayona Has More Than Dinosaurs on His Mind," 20 June 2018

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