filmmaker
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filmmakers
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Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production.
the leading young filmmakers of France.
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a person who makes film, especially for use in photography.
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Mr. Creque is a filmmaker and the screenwriter of “The Last Earth Girl.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Watch an Oscar-worthy performance: The filmmaker behind The Banshees of Inisherin is back with another pitch-black buddy comedy.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
And if a writer or filmmaker wants to make a splash, tossing out an inflammatory opinion aimed at a peer is a surefire shortcut.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
The plot is so similar to McDonagh’s 2008 feature film debut, the masterpiece “In Bruges,” which starred Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell as exiled hit men, that the filmmaker should sue himself for plagiarism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Dadi buying it at the flea market was the first time someone in my family had acknowledged my dream of becoming a filmmaker.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
But Henderson said her generation of filmmakers doesn’t feel discouraged, so much as eager to incite change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
There was "enough sorcery and thrills and adventure" to sustain the spectacle, she wrote, and the filmmakers had managed to tell a sprawling story without being swallowed by it.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The filmmakers constructed a massive set in Mumbai for the central story settings, while VFX teams worked there and in London and Vancouver.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Brands’ desire to stand out and backlash against AI imagery are driving marketers toward high-touch techniques like claymation and hand-drawn animation, filmmakers tell the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Katie Deighton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The assignment was: Many writers and filmmakers have used the classic story of Romeo and Juliet as the theme for their works.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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