filmmaker

noun

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

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Magyar granted the filmmakers, a husband-and-wife team named Tamás Yvan Topolánszky and Claudia Sümeghy, extensive access to his campaign. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 The project generated considerable heat thanks to the involvement of Shawn Levy, the Deadpool & Wolverine filmmaker who is attached to direct. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026 The video was created by filmmaker Charles Curran, not by an official campaign committee, and Curran has not publicly disclosed who financed the production. Steve Large, CBS News, 8 May 2026 The committee is rounded out by Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel, Chilean director-screenwriter Diego Céspedes, Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, and Isaach De Bankolé, who won the César (France’s version of the Academy Award) for most promising actor for Thomas Gilou’s Black Mic Mac in 1987. Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 May 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 11 May. 2026.

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