filmmaker

noun

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

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The seventy-year-old filmmaker took a puff of his cigar and smiled. Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026 Legendary Asian filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence at a Hong Kong FilMart co-production panel, predicting that the technology poses an existential threat not to art-house cinema but to the commercial blockbuster. Marcus Lim, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026 Throughout, there are instances where the filmmakers, in their effort to craft an intricate, humanistic mosaic, leave some compelling threads unexplored in favor of moving the story along. Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026 The entire multifamily building sold for $45,000 in the 1970s to pioneering filmmaker Emile de Antonio, known for his documentaries on the Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 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 23 Mar. 2026.

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