filmmaker
Americannoun
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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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German airline Lufthansa on Friday said it had apologised to Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin for losing his Oscar statuette after US airport security banned him from taking it on a flight from New York.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
She still lives in the same public housing complex where she raised the filmmaker and his siblings as a single mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
A documentary on TCM draws on the Japanese director’s diaries to offer an intimate portrait of a modest yet artistically monumental filmmaker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Like the filmmaker, Collado also grew up without a father, which made the film personal.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
“Oh my God. That was so over-the-top and ridiculous! T, you’re a wayyyy better filmmaker than that guy Brownie ever was.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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