filmmaker
[film-mey-ker]
- Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
- a person who makes film, especially for use in photography.
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Origin of filmmaker
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On Friday, the film-maker and activist Aalam Wassef was detained after police raided his home.
“I challenged one of the militiamen as the mosque was being bulldozed,” said Naziha Arebi, a film-maker.
Libyan Government Turns to Ansar Al-Sharia Militia for Crime-Fighting HelpJamie Dettmer
February 26, 2013
I can only imagine the film-maker's response: "Thank you, Allah!"
film-maker
- a person who directs or produces films for the cinema or television
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