moviemaking

American  

[moov-ee-mayk-ing] / ˈmuv iˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the art or industry of creating movies, especially directing or producing them.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or engaged in the art or industry of creating movies, especially directing or producing them.

Example Sentences

Let’s turn to moviemaking, and how I’m about to take it over.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

In his character’s admonition, Lee is staking his position as new AI-powered tools threaten to undo a system of moviemaking built on flesh-and-blood cast and crew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Actor Dwayne Johnson revealed "a fundamental difference in philosophies on how we approach moviemaking and collaborating" with his Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel, in a 2018 interview.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Coppola documented much of the chaos in what would become one of the most famous making-of films about moviemaking, 1991’s “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

As mass media has grown corporatized—with journalism, publishing, moviemaking, and the music business getting sold and merged into fewer and larger monoliths— geeks feel ever more entitled to take whatever intellectual property they want.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz