documentarian

[ dok-yuh-men-tair-ee-uhn, -muhn- ]

noun

1. Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
2. a writer, photographer, or other artist whose work constitutes a document or documentary of an aspect of life.

documentarian

/ ˌdɒkjʊmənˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. a person who makes documentary films

Word History and Origins

Origin of documentarian¹

First recorded in 1940–45; document(ary) + -arian

Example Sentences

The race for the perfect cellular documentarian is on, and most have CRISPR at their center.

From Singularity Hub 

Esteemed sportswriters such as the late Frank Deford, Bud Collins and Barry Lorge have taken her measure, as have biographers and documentarians.

From Washington Post

She almost turned down Roesler, the documentarian, because she wasn’t on trail to make a point.

From Outside Online

Kelley-Chung, the documentarian, says he first experienced the sense of danger a couple of years ago when he and a friend were pulled over for a minor reason on their way back to college.

From MIT Technology Review

The team also worked with documentary filmmakers at Field of Vision, creating a new form of newsroom collaboration between researcher and documentarian.

From ProPublica

Driver plays Jamie, a hipster filmmaker who befriends Ben Stiller's tight-assed documentarian.

From The Daily Beast

D'Souza, 53, is a Bombay-born author and "documentarian" who served as an adviser for President Ronald Reagan.

From The Daily Beast

What was her relationship to her famous documentarian—Leonardo da Vinci?

From The Daily Beast

As a documentarian, you love to drop into interesting worlds, so I said sure.

From The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast: This film is very much about the relationship between a documentarian and his subject.

From The Daily Beast