as in film
the art or business of making a movie
plans to attend New York University to learn filmmaking
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Recent Examples of filmmaking
No-budget filmmaking is an especially American folly-slash-miracle, the dreams of the anonymous cauldroned in backyards and basements in hopes of acknowledgement.
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Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
The co-production between Chile, Argentina and Italy not only solved a practical problem, but reaffirmed our belief that collaborative filmmaking is one of the most vital ways to sustain independent cinema.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Fischbach isn’t the first YouTuber to jump into big-screen filmmaking.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
Williams was asked to score a piece of filmmaking that would forever change the way that movies are made.
—Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
The co-production between Chile, Argentina and Italy not only solved a practical problem, but reaffirmed our belief that collaborative filmmaking is one of the most vital ways to sustain independent cinema.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Fischbach isn’t the first YouTuber to jump into big-screen filmmaking.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
Williams was asked to score a piece of filmmaking that would forever change the way that movies are made.
—Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmmaking
Noun
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The former couple produced and starred in the film, which was made at the height of the COVID pandemic.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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The scene mirrored the energy of a film set, all drama and specific lighting and smoke billowing from mysterious corners, honoring the house’s relationship with cinema.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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The new study used daily imagery, a change Seto describes like turning on a movie camera.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The movie’s editors cleaned up those early miscues and Insolera and Toscano eventually got far more connected as the cameras rolled.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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“Filmmaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmmaking. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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