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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
The filmmaking and acting have to be completely in sync.
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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The threat has been taken care of, by way of the kind of kinetic filmmaking that might make anyone punch the air.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
At that time, Rasoulof was only months into his exile in Europe after fleeing Iran to avoid a brutal eight-year prison sentence for covert filmmaking.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
That’s the story of independent filmmaking.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The threat has been taken care of, by way of the kind of kinetic filmmaking that might make anyone punch the air.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
At that time, Rasoulof was only months into his exile in Europe after fleeing Iran to avoid a brutal eight-year prison sentence for covert filmmaking.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
That’s the story of independent filmmaking.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmmaking
Noun
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Lockhart Kraner reprises her role of Gabby, with Kristen Wiig joining the cast for the film.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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Set in a luxurious, remote country manor, director Ché Baker’s film stars Kiran Shah (The Hobbit trilogy).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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So there’s a little bit of secret sauce in an ‘Avatar’ movie that has to do with emotion.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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The feature, based on the 2016 novel by Ruth Ware, has all the ingredients of the perfect midweek movie, a delicious cast full of classy Brit actors, a dollop of mystery and a scrumptious 1 hour and 30 minute runtime.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Filmmaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmmaking. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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