filmmaker

American

[film-mey-ker] / ˈfɪlmˌmeɪ kər /

noun

Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production.

the leading young filmmakers of France.
a person who makes film, especially for use in photography.

Other Word Forms

filmmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of filmmaker

First recorded in 1905–10; film + maker

Example Sentences

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“It’s just a sweet little town. So quiet,” said Holli Rae, a filmmaker and former Angeleno who opened the Giddy Up about two years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Ortiz’s first job out of school was working on Venezuelan-born theater director and filmmaker Moisés Kaufman’s 2010 production of Xavier Montsalvatge’s Spanish-language opera, “El gato con botas.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Toward the end of Netflix’s “Into the Manosphere,” documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux chats in Marbella, Spain, with British influencer Ed Matthews.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Bengali filmmaker Kaushik Ganguly cast Bhaduri in his films.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

We would love it if she could come to our facility here in Mumbai and give a talk on her experiences being a young Indian-American filmmaker in the States.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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