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 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 David Lean may be gone, but his spirit lives on with this kind of huge global moviemaking and star-studded cast that only a Christopher Nolan could possibly get greenlit these days. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moviemaking
Noun
  • Beyond the technical aspects of filmmaking, the core message is one of resourcefulness.
    JD Linville, Variety, 27 June 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
  • If Quentin Tarantino remains committed to retiring from filmmaking after his 10th feature film, then whatever movie the Oscar winner decides to make next will be his swan song from the big screen.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • Adidas reportedly spent $67 million on its hero film, Backyard Legends, while Nike also splashed heavily on talent — Kim Kardashian, Kylian Mbappé, Central Cee, and LeBron James, among others — for its competing short, Rip the Script.
    Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 16 July 2026
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  • In the back unit, a movie played from a projector upstairs; paintings lined the wall, all telling the story of the Miami locals used to know.
    Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Across the press tour so far, Zendaya, stylist Law Roach, and glam crew including Casillas and Moreno have had a lot of fun playing with the movie’s concept—method dressing and method glamming.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 July 2026

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“Moviemaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moviemaking. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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