filmmaker
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Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production.
the leading young filmmakers of France.
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a person who makes film, especially for use in photography.
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All three are reportedly appearing in forthcoming drama Tangled Up in Blue, which is being directed by Welsh filmmaker Jamie Adams.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Oldenburg, who is a filmmaker in Arlington, Texas, has taken advantage of the flexibility his job offers him.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
The source, who requested anonymity, said the investigations were focused on "tax activity" involving Newsom's wife, a documentary filmmaker, and activities related to his former chief of staff and possibly current aides.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
Ms. Dimmock’s sensitivity is apparent throughout—she very deliberately leaves Parker’s children from earlier relationships, a girl and boy, almost completely out of the story, when a less thoughtful filmmaker might have made more of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The filmmaker Georges Melies began his career as a magician and, he owned a theater of magic in Paris.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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