How to Use documentarian in a Sentence

documentarian

noun
  • So, how does a documentarian wind up making a film like this?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2019
  • No one comes out of this story clean, not even the documentarian.
    Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 11 June 2018
  • But Tara clearly knew how to rise above his role as a mere documentarian of court life.
    Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Lauten had come to help Naranjo get back on his feet and had asked a documentarian for help.
    Sarah Moreno may 22, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
  • Still, documentarians on the right say there’s nothing new about feeling the squeeze.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
  • So there's a math brain mixed with a theater brain mixed with a documentarian mixed with a Survivor junkie.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Some documentarians are in it for the aesthetics of storytelling, and some are in it for all three.
    Addie Morfoot, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Gil loves Milt, but the aging star isn’t always kind to his young documentarian.
    Julie Kliegman, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
  • If Neville could slip in a deepfake, what else could documentarians do that wasn’t truthful?
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 1 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a lot to see and to think about here, all well-curated by a documentarian with a clear passion for his subject.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Later, her work as a documentarian took her all over the world, with her children often tagging along.
    WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Part of the prize is a meetup with renowned documentarian Ken Burns.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Bahrani has learned that sometimes the greatest tool for a documentarian is silence.
    Wilson Chapman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Asya, a documentarian, and her husband Manu are looking for a new home in an unnamed city.
    Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The film will star the pair as documentarians hiding a deadly secret.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • For writers and documentarians, part of the challenge in covering the manosphere is its sheer sprawl.
    Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Kawase often mixes a documentarian’s eye with fiction for a unique style.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
  • But the documentarian also has very high standards and can be imposing at times.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
  • So how did a documentarian wind up in the genre space en route to Five Nights at Freddy’s?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Mack then brought in documentarian Megan Langshore to film the process.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • Just don’t call him a documentarian.
    Sammy Loren, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • What does that mean for you as a public history documentarian to go back to this kind of material and to get a chance to retell it again?
    Theodore Gonzalves, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2020
  • If so, maybe this is a sign that Kevin's ex-girlfriend Zoe (who worked as a documentarian) will come back into his life.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The documentarian takes it for granted that even those who don’t know that words sometimes have two meanings are aware of how Zep’s doors had all closed.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2021
  • At the same time, when the documentarians observe that everyone who ever met him fell in love with him, his response was modest.
    Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2018
  • According to Roberts, the drone was owned by another documentarian who asked for his help in finding it.
    Don Reisinger, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2018
  • In the process, the documentarian also builds out the film’s underlying truth.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Danish documentarian spent years trying to figure out how to best capture his brother on screen.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Daniel Radcliffe plays the documentarian tasked with the job, setting up a sharp contrast in comedic energy.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
  • But what documentarian Matt Wolf remembers best was how well Reubens took care of the local wildlife.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 May 2025

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