director of photography

[dih-rek-ter uhv fuh-tog-ruh-fee]

noun

Movies.

1. a person who is responsible for all operations concerning camera work and lighting during the production of a film. DP

Word History and Origins

Origin of director of photography¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

A magical feather would not be out of place in “Wicked: For Good,” the second of Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” films for which Brooks served as director of photography and cinematographer.

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López Mari’s brother Benet Mari, served as the director of photography — and happened to have the resources to get a carousel on the beach.

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For director of photography Alex Ashe, the decision to set Hujar and Rosenkrantz’s discussion from morning through sundown was “the revelation that kind of unlocked the film for us,” he says.

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Corey Gibbons, 44, a director of photography, said vertical dramas kept him in the business when other work dried up.

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Baldwin claimed he had become the state’s celebrity scapegoat for the accidental on-set shooting of director of photography Halyna Hutchins.

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