moviemaking

as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie a director with 25 years of experience at moviemaking

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Recent Examples of moviemaking With seven floors of exhibitions and wo movie theaters, the Academy Museum is the largest museum in the world devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 For its upcoming Los Angeles venue, experiential art firm Meow Wolf will focus on the art of storytelling, with a specific eye toward spoofing our city’s moviemaking magic. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The moviemaking is faithful, literal, and dead. David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026 Seth Rogen’s studio head character kept trying to argue to a room full of doctors that moviemaking was just as important as medicine. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026 Anyone who watched that picture, knowing that Steven was in his early 20s, could see that it was made by someone with a special, innate gift for moviemaking. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026 The gears of moviemaking move slower than the gears of recording records. Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026 Though he was raised assisting on his father’s films, David Greaves didn’t remain in moviemaking. ABC News, 20 May 2026 Eight years later, however, Saudi Arabia’s moviemaking ambitions have yet to materialize, stunted by regional turmoil and a failure to recognize what audiences want. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moviemaking
Noun
  • While visual effects can enhance martial arts on screen, Wu argues that authentic filmmaking still depends on performance.
    Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • There is a romanticized version of independent filmmaking that people often imagine — a passionate artist with a great script, a group of believers, and a dream that somehow finds its way to the screen.
    DJ Hale, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Tim Graef's golden retriever, River, could have been a star in the new film, but didn't make it past the application process.
    Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There is some hope that allowing Disney intellectual property to fuel TikTok pieces will have a halo effect for Disney’s films and programs.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In honor of the upcoming movie, the All Roads Lead to Camp bus is touring across the country and bringing fans, new and old, into the world of Camp Rock, PEOPLE previously revealed exclusively.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • A lot of people watch movies at home now, and that’s just part of our world and our culture.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Moviemaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moviemaking. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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