cameraperson

American  

[kam-er-uh-pur-suhn, kam-ruh-] / ˈkæm ər əˌpɜr sən, ˈkæm rə- /

noun

1. a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or television camera.

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Gender

Is it cameraman, camerawoman, or cameraperson? See -person.

Etymology

Origin of cameraperson

First recorded in 1900–05; camera(man) + -person

Example Sentences

As the team reset for a complex shot accompanied by a relentlessly looped fragment from her track, Aftab whispered offhandedly to a cameraperson, “Thank God the song is good!”

From New York Times • May 13, 2024

And in their eyes, they just think that I’m like a really talkative cameraperson that’s about to lose their job because I keep interrupting the shot.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

It might seem like an odd list, but the 29-year-old is a wildlife cameraperson.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2023

Here’s a gross oversimplification that knowledgeable readers will probably hate: when you play any modern 3D game on a flat-screen, you are a cameraperson inside a giant film set created by the 3D engine.

From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2022

Shan- tha, the cameraperson for the event, who later became my aunt when I returned to live in New York, pointed the camera at us, and Madoka and I posed for her.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah