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moviemaker

American  
[moo-vee-may-ker] / ˈmu viˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. filmmaker.


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Etymology

Origin of moviemaker

movie + maker


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Not just any bench, of course, just as the legendary Carter isn’t just any moviemaker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

Amazon on Thursday closed a $8.5 billion deal to buy MGM, combining the fabled moviemaker behind “Rocky” and James Bond with the Seattle-based retailing giant as it looks to draw consumers through more streaming video.

From Reuters ● Mar. 19, 2022

Jerome Hellman, 92, a passionate and combative independent moviemaker who was the driving force behind several barrier-breaking films in the 1970s, died May 26 at his home in South Egremont, Massachusetts.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2021

It illuminates the artistry of a moviemaker whose genius has often seemed inseparable from the mystique surrounding it.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2020

Cortot has gone so far as to declare that he recognizes the stage as one used by a now out-of-business minor moviemaker with whom Cortot had various dealings several decades ago.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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