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
Fischbach isn’t the first YouTuber to jump into big-screen filmmaking.
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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
His passion for the medium and its great artists illuminates this volume, which is shaped around a list of 100 Black films contextualized in a series of critical short essays by Clark, providing a lively and robust history of global Black filmmaking.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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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
His passion for the medium and its great artists illuminates this volume, which is shaped around a list of 100 Black films contextualized in a series of critical short essays by Clark, providing a lively and robust history of global Black filmmaking.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmmaking
Noun
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His portrayal of Scottish Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson is a truly stunning turn, but ironically, the events of that evening also proved why the film is so necessary right now.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Now the film ends during the Bad tour in 1988.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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YouTube provided the same possibilities for video sharing, creating a giant library of video content from amateurs, ranging from highly produced and edited amateur movies to recordings of users simply talking into the camera.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Original movies and premium formats are drawing crowds.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Filmmaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmmaking. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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