How to Use filmmaker in a Sentence

filmmaker

noun
  • The filmmakers were able to identify the vessel as the Africa due to the size of the ship and the coal found around the wreck.
    Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • And as a filmmaker and as a genre person that’s not the genre that this movie is.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024
  • What if Jean Renoir were not a filmmaker but a painter?
    John Semley, The New Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Instead, Sherwood warned the filmmaker, and the two teamed up to fake his death.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The filmmaker’s son, Robert Downey Jr., co-produced the film.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Druckmann spoke at length with the filmmaker in advance of the shoot.
    EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The filmmaker put his daughter on the same couch on her birthday, at the same time, for 17 years.
    Alix Strauss, New York Times, 14 May 2023
  • That's largely in the hands of the world-class filmmaker that shot them [Miguel Sapochnik].
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • And there was some hope at the time among the filmmakers that the exposure might help pave the way for a follow-up.
    Lawrence Specker | , al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Once, a filmmaker sent me a VHS tape of his student film, poor guy.
    Frances Badalamenti, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The filmmakers went to 10 countries and filmed dozens of eye-catching homes.
    PCMAG, 4 June 2024
  • The grief and shock of the tragedy propelled the filmmakers into an unknown creative realm.
    Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The screening will be followed by a meet-and-greet with filmmakers.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
  • The filmmaker shares that after telling Smith in-person, the two got to hang out for a while after that.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • This is what the work of a visionary filmmaker looks like.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
  • Julie is a filmmaker who wants to write a movie about her mother and herself.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Having the chance to watch a premiere from the filmmaker in a packed house was like all eight nights of Hanukkah rolled into one.
    Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The famed filmmaker is the eldest son of his parents, Bill and Jacquelyn Lee.
    Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Tell me about the origins of the film and your initial intentions as a filmmaker.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • On the one hand, the performer at the center of the series has clearly given the filmmakers her consent.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 June 2023
  • His stature as a distinctive filmmaker has only grown over the years, even for work that was shunned at the time.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The filmmakers wanted to keep Robot’s and Dog’s eyes and mouths simple.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The filmmakers did an amazing job of making sure I was taken care of on set.
    Pam Moore, C.p.t., SELF, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The tour will see the filmmaker, cinephile and now podcaster make stops in five major U.S. cities from Nov. 3-16.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Just for me, as a budding filmmaker, to be able to get that guy to come across that that graciously was dope to me.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2022
  • The event is filled with screenings and Q&As with the filmmakers, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the work onscreen.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • Born in Oporto, De Oliveira was once deemed the oldest active filmmaker in the film world.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The film is based on a story by the late, great Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Here, too, is the emblem of the Alfred Hitchcock Foundation, established to preserve and promote the legacy of the filmmaker and director.
    Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Many filmmakers saw it as juvenile and too simplistic for the evolving and advancing film industry.
    Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 18 June 2025

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