documentarian
Americannoun
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Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
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a writer, photographer, or other artist whose work constitutes a document or documentary of an aspect of life.
noun
Etymology
Origin of documentarian
First recorded in 1940–45; document(ary) + -arian
Example Sentences
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Shaw is a meticulous documentarian of his journeys.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
The film, directed by documentarian Alex Gibney, is the companion piece to Rushdie's "Knife," a memoir recounting the harrowing 2022 attack and its aftermath.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Years before How to With John Wilson premiered on the same provider, the titular documentarian developed his distinct slice-of-life observational style through Vimeo-uploaded clips.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
Martina Radwan, the documentarian behind One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5, tells BBC Newsbeat she found the Conformity Gate theory to be "a little bizarre".
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
I had every intention of proving myself worthy of promotion to documentarian.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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