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filmmaking

American  
[film-mayk-ing] / ˈfɪlmˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the activity or practice of making motion pictures, especially the direction, production, and editing of films.


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It’s hard to square the inspiring reality of a ragtag gang tossing out the playbook that life handed them with the cut-and-dried filmmaking choices “Being Heumann” ultimately deploys to try to stir us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Movies about filmmaking tend to be either reverent or cynical, but Mr. Farrelly has fashioned an impeccable combination of lightness and soul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Propstore founder Stephen Lane described the bike as an "extraordinary feat of filmmaking and engineering"

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

For the actor the film is "really a love letter," an homage both to Stallone's perseverance through to struggle and to filmmaking itself.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

She knew her parents wanted her to study law, but she wanted to pursue filmmaking and be a cinematographer.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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