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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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Stints in modeling and photography helped the heiress to the Coppola filmmaking dynasty forge her own path in the ’90s, one that stretched through New York’s Lower East Side all the way to magazine cut-out collages, plastered onto every artsy teenager’s wall.

From Salon

Boston began writing at the age of 11, and after seeing Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” in her early teens, she became interested in filmmaking.

From Los Angeles Times

She distinguished herself writing episodes of weird, atmospheric series including Netflix’s “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” a nightmarish exploration of witchcraft and filmmaking in 1990s L.A., and “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities,” also for Netflix.

From Los Angeles Times

The building is called the Virgil, which indicates that at least someone in the filmmaking process has heard of Dante’s “Inferno,” in which the Roman poet appears as hell’s tour guide.

From The Wall Street Journal

New Zealand is known for majestic landscapes, epic filmmaking and once-in-a-lifetime vacations.

From The Wall Street Journal