filmography

American  

[fil-mog-ruh-fee] / fɪlˈmɒg rə fi /

noun

• filmographies
  plural

1. a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.

2. a listing of motion pictures by actor, director, genre, etc., and usually including pertinent facts about the production of each film.

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filmography British  

/ fɪlˈmɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. a list of the films made by a particular director, actor, etc

2. any writing that deals with films or the cinema

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• filmographies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of filmography

First recorded in 1960–65; film + (bibli)ography

Explanation

A filmography is a list of all the movies a person has worked on. If you're a big fan of an actor, you might check out their filmography to see what else they've been in! If you're a beginning filmmaker, your filmography might include just one short film. An experienced director or actor who's been making movies for decades has a much longer (and more impressive) filmography. This term is also used for a collection of films that have something in common, like a filmography of 20th-century comedies. The word, modeled on bibliography, or "list of books," was first used in the 1960s.

Example Sentences

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filmography filmographies

And yet, Nolan returned to Homer’s poem, the structural basis of almost all storytelling throughout human record, which, if you break it down more acutely, includes Nolan’s filmography.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

But he’ll always have the memes, which, although premised on his past work, actually catapulted his name to a level of immortality that his filmography alone never could.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

For Sivan and Loushy, whose filmography leans sociopolitical, the pop-culture-centric “Reality Check” seems a departure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

But so far this awards season, Paul Thomas Anderson -- whose formidable, eclectic filmography runs from "Boogie Nights" to "There Will Be Blood" -- has won almost every prize going for "One Battle After Another."

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

He’d never met anyone who could claim to have seen more of Boris Karloff’s filmography than he had.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

That year, he starred in a short film called “Dating Up,” which is not listed under his IMDb or Wikipedia filmographies.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

Puschak writes that “just as great movies shouldn’t have weak scenes, great filmographies shouldn’t have weak movies.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022

We examined the complete filmographies of the 23 male actors nominated for leading roles in the last five years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2020

The stars, with their unimpeachable talent, filmographies and feminist cred, are a shrewd way of blunting skepticism.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019

I also absorbed the complete filmographies of each of his favorite directors.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline