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filmmaking

American  
[film-mayk-ing] / ˈfɪlmˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the activity or practice of making motion pictures, especially the direction, production, and editing of films.


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Ten of the films will compete for the £50,000 Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, which is decided by an audience vote and announced at the end of the festival.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Filmmaking has always done that, it has always held up a mirror to society.

From Salon • May 28, 2024

Filmmaking, a rough-and-tumble business that requires an army of collaborators and millions in financing, can be a grueling endeavor.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Filmmaking is always exposing, but for this movie to work, I knew I had to dig further into my own life than I had before in my work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024

Filmmaking, he thought, “was a really interesting thing to do, but there was no real career.”

From New York Times • May 23, 2022

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